Local Food News

So it seems reasonable to ask: What is an everyday foodie? A single mom on food stamps who shops at the farmers market? A locavore who cooks nourishing meals for less than $5? It's impossible to say, because throughout this distractingly discursive book, Cowen never defines the term.

Hot on the heels of the announcement of a new home, Market Square will open for the 2012 season on June 2 at 8 a.m. Residents are invited to visit the Market to enjoy local talent, support local businesses and eat local food.

People of the Bay Area have long been proponents of supporting local businesses and eating local foods, but there's one delicacy native to Northern California that is not only delicious but good for you too, abalone.

The Kawarthas is a favourite weekend destination two hours east of Toronto. It's a cottage country region that rivals its neighbours to the North .

The second annual New Orleans Eat Local Challenge , hosted by the NOLA Locavores , starts today.

Seemingly overnight, a widely varied fleet of sleek mobile eateries rolled in, offering a host of sweets and savories to consumers on the go.

Locally grown produce is fresher. A Produce that is puchased in the supermarket or a big-chain store has been in transit or stored for days, even weeks.

The Harvest Moon Grille, one of Charlotte's premier locavore dining destinations, recently hosted a competition to select a signature dish for Charlotte to represent the city during the upcoming Democratic National Convention.A Cassie Parsons, chef at Harvest Moon as well as the owner of a local farm, got the idea from a guy who approached her on ... (more)

The salt air of the Salish Sea always gives me a healthy appetite. This week on Food Matters I shared a voyage of culinary discovery, all from the deck of a Salt Spring Island-based cruiser.

John T. Edge, former Atlantan, celebrated observer of American food culture, and author of the Truck Food Cookbook speaks on food truck culture, and street food in the South.

A few weeks ago, Lee Stafford drove to Carencro to pick up 700 pounds of freshly harvested soft red winter wheat berries.

Aims to promote consumption of locally-grown foods amid wave of FTAs Community-supported agriculture, farmers' cooperative markets and other "eat local" projects are springing up in Korea, touting the benefits of locally-grown foods amid an influx of imported produce.

The following announcement was provided by Wilson Farm . A The New England Fellowship of Agricultural Adventurers came into being in 1953 as a means of recognizing leaders who have made exceptional contributions to New England agriculture.

First lady Michelle Obama says her plan to plant a high-profile vegetable garden at the White House left her with last-minute worries that it would flop.

I'm always saying that about the local food movement. I can show that through examples like the People's Garden Project and the explosion of high tunnels across the Kenai Peninsula.

MIDLAND Though the local-food movement has claimed many successes over the last few years in our region, there are still common misunderstandings about local food and why it may cost more than food from other countries.

It's 11:00 a.m. on a hot and sunny Monday. I pull into Rainshadow Organics farm in Lower Bridge outside of Terrebonne to meet with owner Sarahlee Lawrence, who has been hard at work since daybreak.

In 2010, Sabrina Gibson fell in love. Her husband, Hans Manske , wasn't jealous of GoBerry, the frozen yogurt purveyor in Northampton, Mass., that had captured his wife's heart - he wanted in on the action.

Shopping at our local farmers markets is better for the environment and the local economy, and it turns out that there can be a nutritional benefit to buying local, as well.

Lafayette native Simone Reggie and business partner Seth Hamstead of West Virginia are two recent Tulane University MBA graduates who are developing Cleaver & Co.