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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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