In the Columbia Basin-Boundary region the challenges farmers face and the unmet demand for locally produced food suggests that there is room for improvement in the region’s food system. Agriculture in the Columbia Basin-Boundary region (the Basin-Boundary) is typically small scale and the majority of the food consumed in the region is imported, a reflection of a food system that is designed to work with large-scale producers and national, continental, and/or global supply chains . However, there is a renewed and growing interest in agriculture and food security in the Basin-Boundary . This necessitates changes to the existing food system to better work with local producers and other intermediaries to produce and supply food to the people of the Columbia Basin-Boundary region.