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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.

Local Food Movement is part of Business Exchange, suggested by Amy Jarratt. This topic contains 801 news and 131 blog items. Read updated news, blogs, and resources about Local Food Movement. Find user-submitted articles and reactions on Local Food Movement from like-minded professionals.

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10 Questions for Michael Pollanmore

our agricultural policies support the kind of food system we want--support farmers who are growing organic food or...

Starbucks' 1Q profit soarsmore

Kathy Bergen • Kevin Pang • Lara Weber • Laura Bollin • Lauren Viera • Linda Bergstrom • Local food • Lunch • Meal deal...

Democrat Elena McCullough to challenge Rep. Will Weatherfordmore

Chapel Community for Change. The group volunteers in area community service projects such as the Veteran’s Hospital,...

Ex-hotelier's food festival fraudmore

issue. Shankar admitted that he defrauded the Mold Hotel and Restaurant Association, set up to run the annual local...

An Amish Entrepreneur's Old-Fashioned Approachmore

Imagine trying to build a national food retailing business based on mail order, far-flung distributors, and trade...

Civil dialogues about food can lead to understanding and changemore

that there aren't benefits to it. A completely locavore diet is, well, loco, but buying as much locally grown fresh...

Britain unveils future of foodmore

country's food supply, which is in danger of shrinking if certain consumer trends – the favouring of local foods over...

GMO is in, buying local is out: Britain unveils future of foodmore

the country's food supply, which is in danger of shrinking if certain consumer trends the favouring of local foods over...

Langermann's, Canton's new eatery, offers regional American faremore

menu trends for the new year, compiled by surveying some 1,800 chefs. The top 10 are 1) locally grown produce, 2)...

The Government is pork-barrelling over pipelinemore

to get their money's worth. Helping our farmers hold on to the land and continue to produce locally grown food, and...

Captive formations edge up in 2009more

seeing an agency captive,” Mr. Kinion said. “We're especially proud of this one because it's a locally grown agency in...

Cheaper African beer to brew more consumersmore

a lot of hassle and we will significantly reduce investment in working capital.'It is the introduction of locally grown...

Is Organic Outdated?more

s how MoJo contributing writer Paul Roberts answered that in 'Spoiled': When most of us imagine what a sustainable food...

Costco—gasp—welcomed in Rego Parkmore

s less of a blowback against Costco, but the store will have the same effect as Wal-Mart on local food stores and the...

Detroit cultivates urban farm initiativemore

Rust Belt communities such as Flint, Mich., which hopes to encourage green space development and residents to eat...

Fisherman's Co-op works to keep industry alive: Yankee Co-op hopes to ...more

to help local farmers, bakers, food processors and dairy producers by encouraging the region's consumers to buy locally...

Simon Pearce and family craft a way of lifemore

by Vermont woodworker Steve Sass. Both Simon and Pia grew up in rural areas in families who valued locally grown food.

Entrepreneurs Keep the Local Food Movement Hotmore

Entrepreneurs are flocking to local food, starting businesses devoted to producing and delivering food within their...

Jonathan Fahey On Basic Sciencemore

But techniques like these could make food more nutritious, reduce land use, deforestation, water use and methane...

USDA-NRCS to Launch High Tunnel Pilot Study in Two California Countiesmore

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' initiative for farmers to establish high tunnels to increase the availability of...

How 24 Local Food Businesses Competemore

Holding Their Own in an Era of Globalization Some dismiss the local food movement as a passing fad. The authors of a...

Michael Score named president of Hantz Farmsmore

farming venture that aims to turn underutilized land in the city of Detroit into a source of fresh, locally grown food.

Home is where the mart ismore

buy a house today, I’d take careful inventory of food offerings before putting down roots. Checking out local food...

'Very old world' wine makes a comeback in Lebanon and Syriamore

" said Michael Karam."The Phoenicians were making wine here thousands of years ago." Under successive...

`Fresh from Florida' fruit marketing campaign expands in Europemore

to supply fruits and vegetables to local grocers. But grocery shoppers wouldn't have noticed the food is locally grown.

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