If you’ve found yourself paying more attention to food labels, where your meat is sourced, or how far your produce has ...

Every tomato you pick from a local farm and every loaf of bread from your neighborhood bakery creates ripples through your community’s economy. The farm-to-table movement has transformed from a dining ...

Local food systems are often viewed as alternatives to the global food system to stress their "promise of difference." But many myths have also been debunked, such as the "local trap" — the belief ...

Imagine a customer sitting at their favorite restaurant, perusing the menu and then asking the server: “Excuse me, where do your carrots come from? Are they locally grown?” As states reopen after ...

Most of the food for school lunches is brought in from different locations, in part because of the need for large orders and nutrition requirements. Tucson Unified School District has partnered with ...

Some third-graders from a local elementary school came to my farm for a tour, and I saw it as an opportunity to test their knowledge. So, before they arrived, I tied some carrots to a small maple tree ...

We can thank small farmers, environmentalists, academic researchers, and food and farming activists for advancing ecologically sound food production methods. Agroecology, holistic resource management, ...

In a recent study involving UC Davis Professor of Human Ecology Catherine Brinkley, 2.97 millions pounds of food-bank donations from 296 organizations were analyzed to understand the dependencies ...

The growing local-food movement was on display last week in Old Salem. Diane Ott Whealy of Seed Savers Exchange, a nonprofit organization that preserves thousands of heirloom fruit, vegetable and ...

A famous quote long attributed to Gussow sums up her views: “I prefer butter to margarine because I trust cows more than chemists.” While she was a draw at international conferences, Gussow worked ...

How often do you see “locally sourced produce” or “farm to table” on Los Angeles restaurant menus? These buzzwords are everywhere, but I’ve started to wonder: Who actually has access to this local ...

Situated on a previously vacant 2-acre lot, Meacham Urban Farm has transformed a once unused space into a productive green oasis in downtown Tampa. The farm is part of the Encore redevelopment project ...