This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report "Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues" (ERR-97), published in May 2010. The content and context of these files is as of the publication 
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The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.


File name		Description

(fig1.png)		Figure 1 - U.S. farmers' market growth, 1994-2009
(fig2.png)		Figure 2 - Farmers' market locations by county, 2009 
(fig3.png)		Figure 3 - Community Supported Agriculture locations, 2009 
(fig4.png)		Figure 4 - Growth in farm to school programs
(fig5.png)		Figure 5 - Value of direct sales to consumers by county, 2007
(fig6.png)		Figure 6 - Direct-sales farms and income by farm type, 2007
(fig7.png)		Figure 7 - Bundling of other onfarm activities with direct sales
(fig8.png)		Figure 8 - Small farms with direct sales often engage in other entrepreneurial activities 
(fig09.png)		Figure 9 - Willingness to pay for local foods 
(fig10.png)		Figure 10- Funding levels for WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, FY 2006-08 
(fig11.png)		Figure 11- State legislative bills focusing on local foods, 2004-09 