1. Home
  2. Local Consumption

Local Consumption

Also known as zero kilometre (km 0) consumption. We normally talk about local produce when there is at most 100 km between the place of production and the place of consumption. There follows a compilation of resources that deal with this subject.

Local consumption

An entry in the Government of Catalonia's website which defines local consumption.

Local sale

An initiative by the Government of Catalonia's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.

Cost of living > Local purchasing power: Countries Compared

An entry in this portal which shows the purchasing power based on the local inhabitants' average salary.

Km 0: Fet al costat de casa

This project's website, which promotes buying and consuming products made locally in Catalonia.

Slow Food Catalunya km 0

The portal of an initiative by several restaurants that promote local and seasonal organic produce.

The Alícia Foundation's Collita Pròpia programme

Videos of the Collita Pròpia programme shown on TV3, specifically the section prepared by the Alícia Foundation.

Local trade: the strength of buying close to home

Entry in the Oxfam Intermon blog, which explains what local trade is and gives reasons for practising it.

Local Food Systems. Concepts, Impacts, and Issues

An economic research report from the United States Department of Agriculture.