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No Impact Food Day Q&A With Colin Beavan

Kerry Trueman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmer's Markets, Colin Beavan, No Impact Week, No Impact Man, Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Industrial Agriculture, Locavore, No Impact Project, Green News
Kerry Trueman

The No Impact Project week's in full swing, and those of us who've signed on are taking a closer look at our carbon "foodprint." I asked Colin to tell us more about his adventure in ecological eating.

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Readers' Photos of Local Food Restaurants

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Locally-Grown, No Impact Week, Local Food, Local, Restaurants, Food Miles, Slidepoll, Green, Food, Sustainability, Eating, Green Living, Organic, Locavore, Green News

Here at HuffPost Green, we're all about the local food movement. Food typically travels hundreds, if not thousands of miles to get to our plates, so ...

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The Armchair Locavore No More, Thanks to No Impact Week

Susie Middleton | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Striped Bass, No Impact Week, Local Food, Recipes, Local Eating, 100-Mile Diet, Chest Freezer, Family Farms, Seasonal, Locavore, Csa, Martha's Vineyard, Green News
Susie Middleton

One hard lesson I learned this year--if you're going to grow or harvest a lot of your food locally and seasonally, you must learn how to preserve it, or much of it will go bad.

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Ode to Local Farms and Pablo Neruda

Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Pablo Neruda, Csas, Tomatoes, Organic Farms, Locavore, Boulder, Local Food, Vegetables, Colorado University, Poetry, Denver News
Anne Z. Boxer

We bought a community supported agriculture share early in the spring. We are now more committed to eating locally and more understanding of how difficult that will be even in the nirvana of Boulder.

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James McWilliams' Over-Hyped and Undercooked Anti-Locavore Polemic

Stephanie Paige Ogburn | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Movement, James McWilliams, Local Food, Local Food Movement, Locavore, Just Food, Green News
Stephanie Paige Ogburn

The problem with McWilliams' argument is its irrelevance. To devote an entire book to debunking the impulse to eat closer to home doesn't address the points raised by food and farm activists.

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From Fries to Fennel, How Food, Inc. Is Changing America

Sarah Newman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Twitter, Vegetarian, Food Inc., Hungry-for-Change, Locavore, Takepart, Green News
Sarah Newman

Food, Inc., the widely celebrated documentary that continues to expand nationwide as quickly as GMO seeds infect organic crops, is topping the box office in documentary sales.

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Why Does McWilliams Lambast Locavores When His Real Beef Is With Meat Eaters?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Agribiz, Michael Pollan, James McWilliams, Just Food, Locavore, Farmers Markets, Books, Environment, Genetically Modified Food, Foodie, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Sandwiched between the caricatures of loco locavores and McWilliams' hey-ho-GMO cheerleading, lies the meat of the matter; we can't go on eating animals like this.

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Has Lays Gone Too Far in Claiming Their Chips Are "Local"?

Tara Lohan | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Eating Locally, Farming, Lays, Local Food, Local Food Movement, Frito-Lay, Locavore, Green News
Tara Lohan

For most locavores, buying local usually means shopping at your independent Main Street retailer or farmers market, not buying processed foods from a multibillion-dollar enterprise as Lays would have them do.

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Urban Rustic: Neighborhood Grocery, Local Food

Piers Fawkes | Posted 09.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Urban Rustic, Food, Williamsburg, Psfk, Local Food, Locavore, Brooklyn, New York News
Piers Fawkes

Urban Rustic Locavore grocery shopping has come to Williamsburg with Urban Rustic, a food enthusiast's paradise, stocked only with products sourced fr...

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What Would Julia Child Cook If She Were A Vegan Locavore?

The Daily Camera | Posted 09.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Julia Child, Food, Boulder Colorado, Julie & Julia, Local Food, Locavore, Vegan, Green News

At Culinary School of the Rockies, appreciation for Julia Child's role in modern American cooking is a given. Office staffers are trying out Child's r...

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ReThink Review: Food, Inc. -- Food as Political Unified Theory

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Organic, Locavore, Sustainable, Movie Reviews, Michael Pollan, Jonathan Kim, Politics of Food, Food Inc., Cooking, Fast Food, Food Safety, Documentary, Rethink Reviews, Diabetes, Health Care, Movie Critic, Eric Schlosser, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

I'm sure most Americans have no idea how truly screwed up our food system is, and when they find out, they'll start looking for alternatives.

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Send Us Your Favorite Local Food Restaurants

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Local Food Send Us Your Photos, Local Food Restaurants, Local Food, Locavore, Green News

Here at HuffPost Green, we happily know that our list of top ten cities for local food is far from exhaustive -- there are so many great restaurants a...

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Locavore Is A New Word In Webster's Dictionary

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Eating Local Food, Local Food, Locavore Added to the Dictionary, Locavore, Green News

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Do you use a sock puppet to secretly keep track of your frenemies? Plan to spend your staycation watching vlogs and webiso...

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How To Make Tastier, Greener Burritos

usnews.com | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Chipotle, Local Food, Eating Matters, Green Business, Locavore, Green News

What was the catalyst for Chipotle to use local foods? Better tasting food. We really believe that fresh ingredients from more sustainable sources ar...

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15 Ways To Eat More Local Food

thedailygreen.com | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Green Living, Local Food, Eating Matters, Locavore, Giy, Green News

Cook One Local Meal Per Week Try cooking one new dish each week using local and seasonal ingredients and keep track of the ones you, your friends a...

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A Locavore in Turnip Town: In Praise of Veggie Traders

Elissa Altman | Posted 05.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Farmer's Markets, David Tanis, Turnips, Chez Panisse, Faith Middleton, Locavore, Alice Waters, Carole Peck, Paul Bertolli, Jeremiah Tower, Veggie Trader, New England, Green News
Elissa Altman

if Freecycle works (and it does), and Craigslist has changed the way communities do business, why can't vegetable growers and food lovers take take advantage of this same business model?

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Chickens For The White House Garden?

The Atlantic Food Channel | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Chickens, White House Kitchen Garden, Eating Matters, Poll, Urban Farming, Food, Locavore, White House Chickens, White House Garden, Green News

After the warm reception to the new White House kitchen garden, you'd think that the Obamas would be left alone on the locavore front, wouldn't you? ...

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Locavore iPhone App Guides Users To In-Season Foods

treehugger.com | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Eating Matters, iPhone Apps, Food, Locavore iPhone App, Green Living, Locavore, Green News

An app from the iTunes store could keep you updated on everything you need to know to eat locally, from which foods are in season in your area to wher...

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The First Lady Locavore: Michelle's New Food Agenda

New York Magazine | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Michelle Obama Food, Michelle Obama, Eating Matters, Locavore, Michelle Obama Locavore, Green News

Michelle Obama is a locavore. Or at least she's learning to be. Before her first state dinner, she tried to summarize her culinary credo for reporters...

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Eating Green...Or Just Not Eating

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

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

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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Local Eating In The Winter: Rooting Around For Flavor (VIDEO)

Grist | Posted 02.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Eating Locally, Food, Video, Locavore, Eating Locally in the Winter, Green News

We've written about this some already, but it really is a tough (and delicious) question, so we'll revisit it now that one of our favorite sources has...

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Community Supported Agriculture: Green Food At Your Doorstep

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Farming, Vegetarian, Food Matters, Local Food, Politics of Food, Eating Matters, Local Food Movement, Csa, Vegan, Sustainability, Community Supported Agriculture, Green Living, Locavore, Green News

Short of tilling your own backyard, joining a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme is perhaps the most effective way you can green your eating...

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Foraging For Your Food Cuts Back On Spending And Carbon

Chelsea Green | Matthew Stein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Freeganism, Food, Green Living, Urban Foraging, Locavore, Foraging, Green News

You already know that shopping at your local farmers market or CSA is a great way to reduce your food miles. And, if you take that one step further, g...

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Food Matters, and it Matters More Than Ever

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Sustainable Agriculture, Michael Pollan, Green Living, Sustainable Food, Locavore, Cooking, Sustainability, Green News
Graham Hill

Bittman's recipes are frequently 'flexitarian' -- that means they are good to make either with or without meat.

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Finding the Best, Local Food Near You Just Got Easier

Tara Lohan | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Food, Eat Well Guide, Sustainable Food, Healthy Eating, Eco-Friendly, Eating Locally, Sustainability, Green Living, Eating Local, Locavore, Green News
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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