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Tyler Cowen: 'People Overrate The Virtues Of Local Food'

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Virginia, Video, An Economist Gets Lunch, Tyler Cowen, Ethnic Food, Tyler Cowen Food, District of Columbia, DC Restaurants, Dc Around Town, DC Q&A, Locavores, Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide, Virginia Restaurants, DC News

Blame the interns and the politicians for D.C.'s overpriced and mediocre food. Then go get some good lunch at a strip mall in the Virginia suburbs. ...

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The 100 Mile House

| Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Architecture, 100 Mile House, 100 Mile Diet, Locavores, Culture News

By Vanessa Quirk (click here for original article) The AME-LOT, a student housing project made from reused & found materials. © Malka Architect...

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My Year as a Killatarian

Stephen Hren | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Killatariansim, Veganism, Fake Meat, Vegetarianism, Vegan Diet, Vegan, Vegetarian Diet, Meatless, Locavore, Locavores, Food News

Have you ever killed your dinner? I did a few times in the last year, but I don't think I'm going to bother anymore.

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Is Eating Local A Waste Of Time?

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Eating Locally, Eating Local, Locavores, Locavore, Eating-Local-Food, Green News

It is a veritable maxim of the modern environmental movement: To help heal the planet, eat local. If only it were that simple. A growing numbe...

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Local Food Advocates Hold Up Food Safety Bill In Senate

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Safety, Senate, Congress, Food Safety Bill, Local Food, Local Farmers, Locavores, Food News

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to move forward on a far-reaching food safety bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration more...

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Alice Waters' Culinary Tour

The Lonely Planet Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bovine Bakery, Green String Farm, California, Local Food, Berkeley, Ferry Building Marketplace, Bay Area Food, Bay Area, Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, Alice-Waters-Chez-Panisse, San Francisco, Locavores, Travel News

Alice Waters made U.S. food a pure pleasure. Here's her itinerary for savoring some of the best the Bay Area has to offer.

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Know Your 1,138 Marital Privileges, Courtesy of the Feds

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minor Spouse, Glbt, Social Security, Work-Related Injuries, Bloggers, Matrimania, Estate Taxes, Widowers, Marital Status, Old Age, Defense of Marriage Act, Veterans, Same-Sex Marriage, Most Important Person in Your Life, Tax Exemptions, Singlism, Legal Code, Community Supported Agriculture, Federal Civilian Employees, Disability, Benefits for Married People, Secondary Education, Family, Spouse, Friend, Federal Military Employees, 1138 Federal Laws, Military Personnel, Marital Privileges, Intimate Partner, Tax Breaks, Definition of Marriage, Family Farms, Stalking, Presidential Powers, Agricultural Loans, Taxation of Gifts, Unmarried Partners, Farmers, Residential Land Use, Singles Penalty, Gifts, Widows, National Parks, Locavores, Hardship, Onely, Politics News

The report also makes it clear that some of the 1,000+ laws identified "may not directly create benefits, rights, or privileges" for married people.

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Accidentally Killed: The Next Frontier In Humane Farming

Mike Condrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slow Food, Farming, Humane, Organic Food, Eco-, Humanely, Farm-Raised, Slaughter, Accidental, Organic, Locavore, Locavores, Cage-Free, Brooklyn, Comedy News

No matter how you do it, slaughtering animals is murder. If it's intentional. So Lucky Farms decided to just set up some dangerous situations and... you know... look the other way.

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Finally -- Locavore Candy at the Farmers Market

Flora Lazar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: French Pastry, Candy, Kings of Pastry, Chris Hegedus, Fruit, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Chocolate, Green City Market, Green Market, French Food, D.A. Pennebaker, Locavores, Local Farmers, Style News

What does a French-inspired chocolatier make for a tightly-regulated farmers market such as Chicago's Green City Market without chocolate, hazelnuts, and almonds?

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Third Screen: Adam Richman, Food Athlete

Vickie Karp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hawaii, San Francisco, Food, Alaska, Travel, United States, Cuba, Chile, Ice Cream, Restaurants, Burgers, Locavores, Entertainment News

Caught up with Adam Richman, star of Man v. Food on the Travel Channel, Wednesday nights at 10pm, to talk food, towns, people and history.

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Do We Even Know How to Grow Food Anymore?

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Local Food, Sustainable Food, Growing Food, Food, Gardening, Locavores, Green Food, Healthy Living News

We have completely changed the systems by which we provide ourselves with food, but we have hardly changed the systems of societal organization in response to this.

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Where are the Conservatives in the Local, Sustainable Movement?

Zachary Adam Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Local Food, Conservatives, Sustainable Food, Sustainability, Crunchy Cons, Locavores, Green Food, Green News

Conservatives value small businesses over corporations because they keep people empowered. The local and sustainable food movement elevates small farmers, artisans and restaurateurs, almost to a heroic level.

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Eating Green...Or Just Not Eating

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternate Day Fasting, Locavore, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Local Food, Locavores, Fasting, Green News

In all the talk about what to eat, and not eat, what our diets should and shouldn't include, eating green has begun to suffer just a bit from excessive moralizing, and an us-versus-them mentality.

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A Year of Farmers

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Local Food, Farm, Calendar, Greenmarket, Local Farmers, Columbia County, New York City, Locavores, Green News

This new crop of small local farmers is different. While some of them are from multi-generational farm families, others have found their path to the fields via academia, rock 'n' roll or the arts.

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Feeding the Candidates

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Gourmet Cooking, Local Food, Local Food Movement, Cooking, Good Eats, Food, Presidential Candidates, Local Farmers, Locavores, Style News

This fall, within the period of a few weeks, I fed Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. First thing a good New York foodie will ask is what did they eat.

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Slow Food Movement: How To Eat "Slowly"

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: What Is Slow Food, Green Living Advice, Slow Food Organization, Sustainable Food, Going Green, Green, Green Living, Slow Food Nation, Green Living Tips, Green Food, Slow Food, Environment, Green News, Food, Locavores, Food Politics, Politics of Food, Green News

With 85,000 members in 132 countries according to its website, Slow Food International is a grassroots project created in response to the fast food mo...

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Locavores Frequently Asked Questions: How To Start Eating Locally

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Food, Going Green, Green, Environment, Green News, Green Living, Sustainable Dining, Locavores, Green News

The locavore movement is quickly gaining momentum, from devout green bloggers to newly converted followers. Even celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse has jum...

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Ending the Dinner Dash

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Family Meals, Barbara Kingsolver, Groceries, Working Mothers, Local Eating, Cooking, Women and Housework, Personal Chefs, Crock Pots, Housework, Core Competency Moms, Meals, Locavores, Healthy Living News

The personal is political, the second wave feminists liked to say and nothing showcases the hard choices modern mothers face like the issue of what we feed our families.

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