Clark, Jill K., authorJablonski, Becca B. R., authorChoices, publisher2021-03-122021-03-122018-08-15Jill K. Clark, and Becca B.R. Jablonski. “Federal Policy, Administration, and Local Food Coming of Age.” Choices (Ames, Iowa), vol. 33, no. 3, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, 2018, pp. 1–8.https://hdl.handle.net/10217/226607This article reviews the federal legislative and administrative maturation of local food. By focusing on the Farm Bill and the Know Your Farmer Know Your Food program—one way in which the USDA carries out its legislative mandates—we can assess where local foods will be in the future.born digitalarticlesengagricultural and food policyfood consumptionnutritionfood safetyTextThis article is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).https://dx.doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.276058