The first-of-its kind conference brought together supply chain participants that have not had an opportunity in the past to interact and share their perspectives. Presentations by practitioners and researchers combined with guided small group discussions by participants produced an exceptionally clear set of issues, conclusions, and strategies for developing efficient local food distribution.

Despite the relative absence of wholesale distribution in much of the planning profession's academic and grey literature, emerging models promise to remake the relationship between producers and their regional markets. In this article, key lessons from the value(s) chain literature are illustrated with examples from comparative case studies conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural System to acquaint professional planners and allied professionals with strategies for imbuing mid-to highvolume local food distribution with normative values such as transparency and fairness. The research presented here is not a comprehensive

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