Local Food News

Councillors' Lucy Hodgson and Sheila Blagg have accepted vacant positions on the nine-seat body, earning promotions through the Tory ranks.

For the third season, L'etoile on West Main Street is asking for the stuff in your garden.

U OF ILLINOIS ANNOUNCES GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES WEBINAR SERIES May 22, 2013 Source: University of Illinois news release A Good Agricultural Practices webinar series will be offered by University of Illinois Extension on Mondays, July 1, 8, 15, and 22, from 6 to 8 p.m., featuring a variety of topics on safe food production.

The Mendocino County agricultural commissioner, the director of environmental health, and the food policy council invite local farmers, retail food buyers, and local food advocates to the second round of public meetings on June 4 to give input into the design and development of an "approved source" program for Mendocino County.

Creatively focused, eco-obsessed, possessing an urban sensibility and locavore leanings, beautiful without being braggy-the new Bainbridge Island Museum of Art might well be considered the embodiment of the island community itself.

An international protest against agricultural biotech giant Monsanto is planned in Greenville, along with similar marches in 33 countries on six different continents, including events in more than 250 U.S. cities.

With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food.

TELLURIDE With a growing season of fewer than 90 days, the high alpine community of Telluride may not seem like the ideal locale for successful food production.

Local food consultant and chef Alison Drover says despite common misconceptions, eating locally doesn't mean eating expensively.

This may be oversimplified, but I equate the issues within America's food industry as a David vs.

The Last Word co-owners Paul Drennan, Adam Lowenstein, Robben Schulz, Justin Herrick, stand behind the bar filled with specialty drink mixers.

Access to locally-produced foods is improving quickly around New Orleans. How quickly? Just ask someone gearing up for this year's Eat Local Challenge , which asks people who sign up to eat foods produced within a 200-mile radius of New Orleans for the month of June.

Between July 2011 and December 2012, a total of 211 appeal decisions were made following council decisions on whether to grant planning permission, either through delegated powers or a committee vote.

Researchers at Utah State University think they may have found a new and healthy form of cooking oil extracted from a plant you might not expect.

Localvore First, Cameron Kramlich from San Francisco, California, pitched Localvore , a concept for local artisans to be able to sell their merchandise to consumers who want to shop local.

Kate Simon is the Travel Correspondent of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday.

Sarah Elton is a regular at the farmers market near her home in Toronto. She religiously checks labels and menus to make sure her food hasn't traveled far before arriving on her plate.

Zak Pelaccio's newest venture differs from most mod-country, locavore eateries these days in one crucial way - it actually is in the country.

When Mary McCartney and her three siblings were young and vacationing on a family farm in Scotland, their father endeavored to teach them about all the beautiful food that sprang from the earth.

The red and yellow tulips have bloomed, and soon everything from corn and cucumbers to kale and collard greens will be growing on three-quarters of an acre on Oread Street in Worcester's Main South neighborhood.