Journal article
Plant breeding for local food systems: A contextual review of end-use selection for small grains and dry beans in Western Washington
Renewable agriculture and food systems, Vol.31(2), pp.172-184
04/2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/110840
Abstract
The rapid growth and co-option of the local agriculture movement highlights a need to deepen connections to place-based culture. Selection of plant varieties specifically adapted to regional production and end-use is an important component of building a resilient food system. Doing so will facilitate a defetishization of food systems by increasing the cultural connection to production and consumption. Today's dominant model of plant breeding relies on selection for centralized production and end-use, thereby limiting opportunity for regional differentiation. On the other hand, end-user-driven selection of heirloom varieties with strong cultural and culinary significance may limit productivity while failing to promote continued advances in end-use quality. Farmer-based selection may directly reflect local food culture; however, increasing genetic gains may require increased exchange of germplasm, and collaboration with trained plant breeders. Participatory farmer–breeder–chef collaborations are an emerging model for overcoming these limitations and adding the strength of culturally based plant breeding to the alternative food movement. These models of variety selection are examined within the context of small grain and dry bean production in Western Washington.
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- Title
- Plant breeding for local food systems: A contextual review of end-use selection for small grains and dry beans in Western Washington
- Creators
- Brook O Brouwer - Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, Mount Vernon, WA 98273, USAKevin M Murphy - Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USAStephen S Jones - Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, Mount Vernon, WA 98273, USA
- Publication Details
- Renewable agriculture and food systems, Vol.31(2), pp.172-184
- Academic Unit
- Crop and Soil Sciences, Department of
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, UK
- Number of pages
- 13
- Identifiers
- 99900547365701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article