local food Latest News

Lettuce is one of the first wholesale products sold in New York City using aquaponics, a combination of hydroponics and aquaculture within a closed environment system.

13 year old author and advocate joins gardeners, farmers, students and consumers at the Second Annual Tennessee Local Food Summit to promote children's book on local food and farming

The Family Fish Farms Network plans 400 Aquaponic Urban Farms to create 10,000 new green well paying jobs announces crowd funding effort based upon Obama admins new law to help small business acquire small investments.

MyFreshLocal.com announced the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. Money raised through the campaign will be used to build a more powerful toolset and improved user experience for users of MyFreshLocal.com.

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.

Pioneer Festival at Black Creek Pioneer Village

For hobby food growers, such as backyard gardeners, schools and community gardens, planting crops suitable for their local climate and at the right time of the year is becoming more and more challenging with climate change. Here are some solutions.

Village Homesteading Mundelein, a local non-profit group, will host a fundraiser, and rally for Local Food by screening a rough-cut of the movie Food Patriots at Mavericks Bar and Grill on Monday, December 17, 2012 at 7:30 p.m in Mundelein, IL.

Lettuce is one of the first wholesale products sold in New York City using aquaponics, a combination of hydroponics and aquaculture within a closed environment system.

13 year old author and advocate joins gardeners, farmers, students and consumers at the Second Annual Tennessee Local Food Summit to promote children's book on local food and farming

The Family Fish Farms Network plans 400 Aquaponic Urban Farms to create 10,000 new green well paying jobs announces crowd funding effort based upon Obama admins new law to help small business acquire small investments.

The Penventon Park Hotel has announced that it will host a free one-day asparagus festival on Sunday 27th May to celebrate this fantastic seasonal ingredient, with a mixture of asparagus recipes, tasters, food stalls, and cookery demonstrations.

On September 15, the Outstanding in the Field bus will be arriving in the Berkshires at Indian Line Farm in South Egremont, the birthplace of the first CSA. Chef Brian Alberg from The Red Lion Inn will be presenting a five-course meal to 150 guests.

MyFreshLocal.com announced the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. Money raised through the campaign will be used to build a more powerful toolset and improved user experience for users of MyFreshLocal.com.

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.

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.