The contentions that local food's opponents are putting forth are actually founded largely on credible data, and this is in part why the "controversy" surrounding local food persists. However, examining why locavorism does or does not make sense in 21st Century America via only one or two specific data points is leading people to the wrong conclusions.
WASHINGTON -- More than seventy local events are scheduled for Wednesday, otherwise known as Food Day. From house parties to film screenings to re...
Our pigs arrived two days ago, and never did anything cuter grace a cloven hoof. They're about 25 pounds each now, and we're going to get them to about 240. Then we are going to kill them and eat them.
Yes, you're going to see a lot of pork. But fear not, vegetarians and non-porkers. There's plenty here for you, too. But if there was ever a reason to hop off the vegetarian train for the night ("Hi, my name is Erin and I'm a vegetarian... 98 percent of the time."), it's at The Pig.
The meat industry, like much else in U.S. agriculture, has consolidated rapidly over the last half-century. Four giant companies produced 83.5 percent of U.S. beef as of 2007. It is in this context that the mobile slaughterhouse makes local slaughter available and affordable to small farmers.
Asparagus, dandelion greens, rhubarb. It's late April and this is what's in season near me. How do I know this? As is increasingly the case, there is an app for that.
Learning to tweak and enhance just a few ingredients and flavor combinations can help you transform those ordinary ingredients into the extraordinary!
We assume our food system has somehow taken care of itself. The aisles of perfectly aligned boxes, and perfectly stacked produce reflect a system where a tomato is a tomato is a tomato, or an egg is an egg is an egg. Food is a commodity and it's all the same. But it's not.
The organic food movement is a great cause and it has become big business. Now the question is whether we will allow this well-intentioned movement, started by farmers who strived to be stewards of the land, to completely degenerate into a meaningless food trend.
ST. LOUIS -- Carolyn Anderson likes to chat up the growers at her local farmers market in Missouri, at times hanging out behind the beds of pickup tru...
Tmy fellow eco-omnivores preparing the Thanksgiving menu, don't be shy, celebrate the abundant variety that grows from our good earth, with a delicous heritage turkey and a rainbow of seasonal vegetables and fruits.
A restaurant in upstate New York has become the first ever in the U.S. to be certified Animal Welfare Approved (AWA). Grazin', a 1950's-style diner in...
The revival of local food and local markets is an interesting phenomenon. While it still marches under the banner of the left, it blurs the political distinctions enough that the right ought to feel comfortable joining in.
I want to put this somewhat intellectual blog posting into perspective. Below is a quote from Matt Taibbi's new book, Griftopia-Bubble Machines, Vamp...
Stephen Budiansky has stuffed together another flimsy, flammable straw man out of boilerplate anti-locavore rhetoric on the New York Times op-ed page, with the patronizing title Math "Lessons For Locavores."
It's the end of summer (technically), and we all know what that means: the backyard barbecues are cooling off, kids are back in school, and... EatDenv...
I fear that a strong anti-vegetarian sentiment has grown up in the locavorism movement as a whole.
In 2010, Americans will look for ways to save a penny or two, and with a few years of practice under their belts they'll get more thrifty. We'll see the following green trends emerge in 2010.
We had a blast with our first hot farmers slideshow, and we were overwhelmed by the number of great submissions from readers of cuties from around the...
According to the National Turkey Federation, 48 million turkeys were eaten at Thanksgiving in 2008. The typical, mass produced turkey consumed by 9...
Here are five common-sense ways in which Americans will reduce residential energy consumption this year.
In an effort to save money and labor, a farm in Germany has begun selling produce from vending machines. ...
Eating locally is a big deal these days -- but few people know about all the edible treats growing wild in cities across America. Here at HuffPost Gre...
September and October are great planting months for root veggies and leafy greens. Want to eat local? Give growing your own veggies a try this winter....
