local food News

In 2011, Berkshire Grown Holiday Farmers’ Markets brought together more than 60 regional vendors in November and 75-plus vendors in December and facilitated an economic impact of more than $100,000 for participating vendors of the holiday markets.

In an innovative program to encourage healthy eating and community engagement with local farms, some Wisconsin insurance companies offer a rebate to policyholders who are members of community supported agriculture farms.

Yes, we did use spirits while making small delicious cheese pies, called kalitsounia, in a traditional hillside village of western Crete, the largest of the islands of Greece.

MyOliveOilTree.com announces its Adopt-A-Tree program. When you adopt an olive tree you receive the world’s best artisanal extra-virgin oil produced in Greece, and you also help family farms faster than any IMF aid package ever will.

Pioneer Festival at Black Creek Pioneer Village

Glamorous TV chef Sarah Wiener - famed throughout Germany and much of Europe for her 'Culinary adventures' shows visits an English vineyard.. (text issued as an extended picture caption).

Edible South Florida, has been awarded the 2011 Publication of the Year Award from the James Beard Foundation, along with the nearly 70 other titles currently publishing within the Edible Communities network of regional food magazines.

Donate spare gardening tools for Advocates for Health in Action’s (AHA) Garden Tool Drive. Donate tools on Monday, March 21, at WakeMed Cary Hospital (outside the main entrance), 1900 Kildaire Farm Rd. in Cary, 11 am-1 pm.

Market Restaurant hosts benefit dinner on Feb. 23 with 100% of proceeds benefiting Advocates for Health in Action's local community garden initiatives and Dig In!

The BC Centre for Food & Beverage Marketers tour will allow food & beverage industry professionals to have an inside look at two influential businesses and learn about trends shaping our market place and enjoy a unique educational experience.

Advocates for Health in Action (AHA) presents Dig In, the second annual community gardens summit, on Saturday, March 5, from 8:30 am-1:00 pm at Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh.

Buffalo To Go, an online restaurant delivery service will enable the people of Buffalo to order meals from some of the city’s best locally owned restaurants.

Columbus County is one of seven counties in North Carolina chosen to pilot test a new project that will promote three existing nutrition programs - WIC and Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Programs (FMNP), and 21st Century Farmers Markets program.

If you want to taste the real essence of a place, you need to hit the streets and see what’s cooking. Food is a sure-fire way to get straight to the heart of a country and its people.

Attendees will learn gardening and cooking techniques that are affordable and simple to prepare. Easy to understand natural farming techniques and cooking recipes will be provided so anyone can recreate the dishes after the event.

New partnership of diverse professions brings aquaponics training to the desktop.

One of just 25 3-star certified restaurants in the U.S. to receive the top rating for sustainable practices from the national nonprofit Green Restaurant Association (GRA).

During our recent Food & Travel webinar, the panel of experts came up with some excellent tips on how to really explore the local food and gastronomy of places when you travel. Here are some of the best....

New Synergy of Design and Science to Advance the Growing of Vegetables With Fish

George Bowers Grocery, an independent neighborhood store in Staunton, Virginia, marks its first year "re-opened". A grocery bearing the same name operated in the same location from 1881 until the early 20th century.

Print on Demand – the modern way to spread the eat local food message

Cascade Harvest Coalition's annual Eat Local for Thanksgiving campaign is an invitation to pledge your commitment to supporting local food production by having at least one locally produced food item on your holiday table.

A new home-farming trend sweeping North America is seeing chicken coops and small flocks of chickens appearing in suburban backyards. In response, Handcrafted Chicken Coops is offering affordable, portable chicken coops to backyard farmers.

The Mayor of Halifax Peter Kelly endorses a new private BUY LOCAL initiative, for the province of Nova Scotia.

Find locally grown produce on the plates and in the martini glasses, of this award winning restaurant.

Petition to save a peak district village's stilton cheese is posted on no 10 website. People who love local food, heritage and the peak district are being asked to support the campaign and sign up online.

UK, Kent - November 6th, 2006 - Ecolocal.com is a website designed to help you live a greener life.