The preservation of local values and services; an alternative to globalization. See C. Hines (2000). DuPuis and Goodman (2005) J. Rural Studs 21, 8 hold that ‘resistance to the agro-food distanciation’ is in some key ways at the core of relocalization appeals within local food systems; see also Feagan (2007) PHG 31, 1. See Hendrickson and Heffernan (2002) Sociol. Ruralis 42 on opening spaces through relocalization. See the special issue on food relocalization, Cambr. J. Regions, Econ. & Soc. 3, 2.