Chapter 16

Towards a holistic understanding of food systems

Christian J. Petersa and Dawn Thilmanyb aUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, Food Systems Research Unit, Burlington, VT, United States. bDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Regional Economic Development Institute, Colorado State University, B310 Clark, Fort Collins CO, United States

Abstract

Every food systems model offers insight into how food systems function, but no single model gives you a complete picture. Reflecting back across the book, this chapter gleans lessons on the epistemology of modeling, how to synthesize across multiple models, and how to make models more valuable to non-modelers. Looking forward, the chapter discusses the continued need for ...

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