Local Foods

Farm Tour: Search for an Authentic Life

Leah Mayor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Farmland, Norman Rockwell, American Landscape, Authenticity, Travel, Local Foods, Ecotourism, Authentic Travel, Artisanal Adventures, Farm Tour, Reconnect, Local Food Movement, Taking Root, Local Economies, Gavin Johnston, Travel News
Leah Mayor

Now may be as good a time as any to use our travel time and dollars to get to know our neighbors a town or a state over, and to find where authenticity lives in our own communities.

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Is Your Neighborhood Making You Fat?

Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Local-Food-Movement, Local Food Nutrition, Local Food Restaurants, Local Foods, Local Food Movement, Personal Health, Nutrition, Local-Food, Home News
Kristin Kirkpatrick, M.S., R.D., L.D.

Is your neighborhood making you fat? According to several studies, it just might be.

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Chef Michel Nischan Brings 'Wholesome Wave' Initiative To Struggling Gulf Families

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, Michel Nischan, Food Stamps, Wholesome Wave, Hunger in America, Farmers Markets, Gulf Fishermen, BP Oil Spill, Local Foods, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf Families, Marketumbrella, Marinersmatch, Impact News

In 2007, chef Michel Nischan founded Wholesome Wave, a nonprofit organization helping needy families get access to fresh local foods. Wholesome Wave b...

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Veg and the City: My Beef With Locavores

Victoria Moran | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Local Meat, Veganism, Eat Local, Vegan Lifestyle, Local Food Movement, Health, Locavorism, Vegan, Local Foods, Healthy Living News
Victoria Moran

I fear that a strong anti-vegetarian sentiment has grown up in the locavorism movement as a whole.

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A Spice You Can Find In Your Backyard... Or City Park

The Atlantic Food Channel | By Daniel Fromson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Local-Foods, Eating Locally, Food, Eating, Do-It-Yourself, Cooking, Urban Scavenging, Green News

"Spicebush" sounds like something dreamed up by Dr. Seuss. In fact, the plant is a striking shrub that grows about ten feet tall, with glossy emerald ...

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"Local": A Word Worth Saving!

Mike Callicrate | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Buying Local, Local Food, Local Foods, Food Inc., Fresh, Buying Locally, Tom Vilsack, Green News
Mike Callicrate

Most don't realize how dramatically food quality has declined under the industrial food system. They, too, often hide behind the false and misleading marketing provided by their food service company.

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