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LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENT

Local food movement is a collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies. This sustainable food production, processing, distribution, and consumption are integrated to enhance the economic, environmental, and social health of a particular place. This topic covers consumers' increased preferences to buy locally produced goods and services.

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Farming the Concrete Jungle, Feeding a Green Economy | The Green Econo...more

Urban farming is spreading around the world and is becoming a vital part of the urban food supply, producing many...

Consumer Packaged Goods Trend Predictions for 2010 - Mintel Press Rele...more

Region: International FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov 2009 Consumer Packaged Goods Trend Predictions for 2010 Mintel says...

Silver-Spoon Voluntourismmore

Sue Stephenson, vice president of the company's 'Community Footprints' initiative, says the half-day programs range...

Kareena's diet secretsmore

and fruits from. My motto is 'Think global, eat local'. I encourage all my clients to have the local food wherever they...

New farmer's market opens in Clear Lake Shoresmore

fresh, wholesome, locally grown produce and other delightful treats for the springtime table. Well, you can have them.

Local Environment to Influence Transportation | CleanTechies Blogmore

Sustainability advocates long ago adopted the mantra “buy local” to limit the carbon footprint of the goods purchased.

Back to School? Lunchbox Ideas for Working Parentsmore

Back-to-school season means that it’s time to start making school lunches again. In search of some lunchbox...

Grant Thornton LLP to Collect 85,000 Cans of Food and Monetary Donatio...more

six global audit, tax and advisory organizations, will collect 85,000 cans of food and monetary donations for local...

Locavore, Locavolt & Localand – California Energy Talk With Peter ...more

If you liked Peter Asmus‘ recent article about the Locavolts movement in California, now you might have the chance to...

Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couchmore

Photo Illustration by Erwin Olaf for The New York Times. Photograph on Screen by Paul Child/Schlesinger Library,...

Fergie flashes her expanding cleavage piling on the pounds for film ro...more

instead of her backside. While filming on location in England, Fergie has been indulging in her passion for local food,...

Food and Entertaining Trends for 2009more

The Top 20 Food Trends for 2009 1. Locally grown produce, 2. Bite-size ... artisan liquor, 10. Sustainable seafood, 11 .

New Two Hundred Page Online Tool Helps Communities Go Green | The Gree...more

HowGreenIsMyTown.org is designed to provide local citizens and decision makers the tools they need to bring about...

Save-A-Lot Food Stores Help Pacific Northwest Families by Providing Fr...more

//www.fuelyourfamilyforfree.com/ to download a voucher. There is no purchase necessary. Each shopper receives: Matching...

Keeping Their Eggs in Their Backyard Nestsmore

become an emblem of extreme foodie street cred, the interest is spurred by a preference for organic and locally grown...

Brooklyn Food Conferencemore

Food issues hit home for all of Brooklyn–from school lunches, the rise in diabetes, and escalating food costs to...

Farm to School Investment Yields a Healthy Return into State Coffersmore

Economic Impact Analysis of Pilot Program Shows a Nearly 2-to-1 Multiplier for Every Dollar Invested in Local Food for...

Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Shifting Food Trends Suggest Broader ...more

Last year’s economic meltdown has shone a disproportionate light on financial and automotive companies.

Ann Cooper talks school lunchesmore

Ann Cooper cares -- a lot -- what kids eat for lunch. As the head of nutrition for Berkeley, California, schools, she...

The Churning Point: Bobby Prigel says building an organic creamery wil...more

to discourage nuisance lawsuits from unhappy neighbors. But across the country, clashes are becoming increasingly...

Brian Wheeler on Landmark Hotel, local food hub, and Preddy Creek trai...more

Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow , joins Coy Barefoot every Tuesday at 5:00 PM for a...

'Locally grown' food sounds great, but what does it mean?more

farm, 40 miles from it and even 100 miles from it and see his fresh produce marketed as 'locally grown.

Buy-Local Movement Sweeping Americamore

There’s a growing movement in America to buy-local. What’s more, this groundswell of support for small businesses is...

Where Banks Still Workmore

and London broil, they toasted the start of their spanking new bank. It had been decades since a locally grown bank had...

Going with the grainmore

with her husband, Edmund Rek, and their young daughter, Evelyn. 'We wanted to be part of a thriving local food scene,'...

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