Eating Local

Local Food Rankings Put Vermont At Top, Florida At Bottom

AP | LISA RATHKE | Posted 05.08.2012

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MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A committed "locavore," Robin McDermott once struggled to stock her kitchen with food grown within 100 miles of her Vermont home. S...

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Does Eating Local Actually Hurt The Environment?

Posted 04.24.2012

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Does the recent passing of Earth Day have you thinking that you want to do more for the environment? One popular solution is to eat local, but accordi...

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PHOTOS: Indoor Area Farmers Markets In Chicago

Posted 02.01.2012

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The dead of Chicago winter is a time when, even with temperatures that have been unseasonably warm as of late, outdoor farmers markets are but a somew...

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'Locally Grown' Food Now A $4.8 Billion Business

AP | By JIM SUHR | Posted 11.14.2011

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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...

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Tom Zeller Jr.

Is Eating Local A Waste Of Time?

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 07.20.2011

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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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Giving Back: How You And The Food Community Can Help Struggling Families

Marcus Samuelsson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marcus Samuelsson

Imagine the economic impact it could have in our neighborhoods if we dedicated just a portion of our monthly expenditures to buying local.

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Centuries of Protection: Getting Your Garlic on

Neil Zevnik | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neil Zevnik

2011-02-09-Screenshot20110209at11.03.50AM.png Given the current vampire craze in pop culture, I find it a little disappointing that the classic age-old protection against these seductive creatures of the night has not been getting more play.

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How Can You Reduce NYC's Climate "Foodprint"?

Jacquie Berger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacquie Berger

When most of us think about climate change, the first thing that comes to mind are switching our light bulbs or riding a bike to work, but it turns out that deciding what to eat for dinner can be of much greater consequence.

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Addressing All the Components of Local Food

Steph Larsen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steph Larsen

I used to think there were four distinct pieces to a local food system -- production, processing, distribution, and retail. Now I realize there is a fifth -- community.

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Niman Ranch Discusses: Meat Is Not THAT BAD For The Environment

The Atlantic Food Channel | By Bill Niman and Nicolette Hahn Niman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicolette [Niman] led a discussion focused on meat. Because there seems to be a growing perception that meat is inherently bad for the environment, sh...

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I Was a Victim of the Peanut Butter Recall

Scott Dodd | Posted 11.17.2011

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Scott Dodd

I can't say that I was in the dark when I bought my honey-roasted peanut butter last week, but like so many people, I had the impression that someone was looking out for me.

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6 Reasons to Eat Local Food This 4th of July

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Katherine Goldstein

The farmers markets around the country are bursting with all kinds of delicious fruits and vegetables -- here are six reasons to show your red, white and blue by buying local foods this holiday weekend.

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Finding the Best, Local Food Near You Just Got Easier

Tara Lohan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tara Lohan

While technology may not always have been the best companion to agriculture (think biotech), the Internet has emerged as an incredible tool for planning the future of food.

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Science Food

Michael Nagrant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Nagrant

Alinea and Grant Achatz's cooking was even sometimes dubbed soulless. Like me, though, many of these critics had never eaten the food or spoken with the chef. I think maybe, all they needed to do was eat at Alinea once to discover the truth.

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Are "Vertical Farms" The Next Wave In Eating Local?

New York Times | BINA VENKATARAMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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What if "eating local" in Shanghai or New York meant getting your fresh produce from five blocks away? And what if skyscrapers grew off the grid, as v...

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How To Eat Fresh and Local

Planet Green | Brian Merchant | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Greensburg, city manager Steve Hewitt decides to rebuild his devastated city green. He says one of the main inspirations for going green is that ...

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