Farm To Fido: Dog Food Goes Local
Feeding your pooch with locally sourced meats and vegetables may seem like the culinary equivalent of a Versace pet bowl. But producers of this posh-sounding pet food say it can cut down on food waste...
View ArticleBring Home The Bacon Or Put It In A Meat Locker?
If you're suddenly the proud owner of 25 pounds of pork or chicken, your freezer may feel the hurt. So marketers at the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Ithaca, N.Y., are piloting a community meat...
View ArticleCommunity Supported Canning Gets Locavores Through Winter
Farmers and small processors are marketing local canned and dry goods under the CSA model. They call small batch food processing "back-breaking work." But many of them are in it to build their local...
View ArticleForget Golf Courses: Subdivisions Draw Residents With Farms
Across the country, a new model of housing development is springing up that embraces the local food movement. Farms — complete with livestock, vegetables and fruit trees — are now serving as the latest...
View ArticleHere's How Young Farmers Looking For Land Are Getting Creative
Across the country, there's a wave of interest in local food, and a new generation of young farmers wants to grow it. But many aren't buying land. Instead, they're renting it.
View ArticlePrison Gardens Help Inmates Grow Their Own Food — And Skills
From Connecticut to Minnesota to California, correctional authorities are finding all kinds of reasons to produce food inside prison walls. A new video provides a glimpse of one of these projects, a...
View ArticleHow Food Hubs Are Helping New Farmers Break Into Local Food
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the infrastructure for local food is lacking but growing fast. "Food hubs respond to that call," one official says.
View ArticleUrban Greengrocers Are Back, To Serve Big-Spending Locavores
Small, independent grocery stores are a growing trend in urban areas. They're not far off from the shops where gran and gramps used to buy their produce, but have been updated for the modern foodie.
View ArticleRanch-To-Table Trend Has Some Diners Asking: Where's The Steak?
Just about every bite of meat that a Pittsburgh chef served in 2013 was raised in Pennsylvania. He learned from his locavore experiment that diners prefer prime cuts of beef over sausage and offal.
View ArticleFrom Organic Pioneers, Son Inherits Passion, Just Not For Farming
Arlo Crawford's parents started the kind of small, organic farm that's now trendy, back before it was trendy. But it was his parents' dream, not his. He's now written a book about the experience.
View ArticleTwo For One: Subsidies Help Food Stamp Recipients Buy Fresh Food
There a big new pot of government money available for programs that boost the buying power of food stamps. But there's a catch: The cash has to spent on local fruit and vegetables.
View ArticleFor More Local Turkeys To Hit Holiday Tables, You Need An Abattoir
Demand for locally raised birds is growing faster than small farms can keep pace with. One New England farmer is making a bold move to get more gobblers to the table.
View ArticleFreight Farms: How Boston Gets Local Greens, Even When Buried In Snow
Big metal shipping containers are often used to import food from around the globe. Now, two Boston entrepreneurs are modifying those containers to grow local produce hydroponically, 365 days a year.
View ArticleA Carnivore's Solution To Space Constraints: The Meat Locker
Buying meat in bulk straight from the farmer can save you money, but where to put it all? New ventures in upstate New York are bringing back the communal freezer space.
View ArticleCitrus In The Snow: Geothermal Greenhouses Grow Local Produce In Winter
Greenhouses could make local fruits and vegetables more available year-round, but they're energy intense. In the Midwest, some growers tap into the Earth's internal heat to warm the structures.
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In California, Squid Is Big Business. But Good Luck Eating Local Calamari
While the U.S. has a thriving squid industry, chances are the calamari you are eating made a 12,000-mile round trip before ending up on your dinner plate.(Image credit: Rick Loomis/LA Times via Getty...
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'Speed Dating' For Farmers And Chefs: ISO A Perfect Local-Food Match
Farmers are shy; chefs are ferocious. But they need each other to put local food on restaurant tables. A "speed-dating" event in Washington, D.C. matches farmers with chefs, aided by free beer.(Image...
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Pinkies Up! A Local Tea Movement Is Brewing
Most of the world's tea comes from China, India and Sri Lanka. But since 2000, dozens of farms have sprouted across the U.S. producing small-batch, artisanal tea sold at a premium.(Image credit:...
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Why Whole Foods' Small Suppliers Think Amazon Will Be Good For Them
The small companies that gave Whole Foods its local-food image are relieved to see Amazon taking over. But their hopes may collide with the online retailer's cost-cutting tactics.(Image credit: Linda...
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Prison Gardens Help Inmates Grow Their Own Food — And Skills
From Connecticut to Minnesota to California, correctional authorities are finding all kinds of reasons to produce food inside prison walls. A new video provides a glimpse of one of these projects, a...
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