What do you think of when you hear the term “urban agriculture?” Sometimes it’s about practices involving cultivating, processing, and distributing food in densely populated areas. At other times, it [ … ]
Tag: Eat Local
The Story of Our Broken Food System
After learning about our broken food system, it’s often easier to make smarter food decisions, which can then connect to other areas and build a more sustainable lifestyle.
Food Trends: What Will We Eat in 2015?
Sick of sriracha? Crapped out on kale? Wondering what we’ll be eating in the food world of 2015? Here’s a taste of this year’s top food trends.
What is Sustainable Food? Learn from some Green Teens.
What is sustainable food? I’ve been writing about good eating for awhile, but I still have to ponder its meaning. Here’s what a group of green teens think.
California’s Neighborhood Food Act is in Effect
Want to turn your front yard into a radish garden? Or how about making that empty lot you own into a pumpkin patch? If you live in California, the recently [ … ]
4 Ways to Celebrate National Farmers Market Week
Welcome to the 15th Annual National Farmers Market Week! It’s time to renew your commitment to the growers in your community. Here’s how to get it done…
Top News from the Food Front: New Food Documentary, New Food System Foolishness
Vermont boldly goes where no state has gone before, and food industry moguls mobilize to resist transparency. The USDA gets something right, surprising local food enthusiasts everywhere; and Katie Couric’s new documentary cheeses off the food industry’s obesity profiteers. Meanwhile industrial ag causes problems for bees, food eaters, and the whole planet actually. What else is new in the world of food? Glad you asked!
On Strolling Heifers And The Locavore Index
How does your state rate with respect to promoting and supporting local food? Find out now. Scan the Strolling of the Heifers’ third annual Locavore Index.
Take Me Out to Locavore Night at the Ball Game?
Heading out to a Major League baseball game this season? You may be pleasantly surprised at the food stands, especially if hotdogs and nachos aren’t your thing. Yep—the locavore foodie trend has hit the major leagues.
Backyard Garlic: 9 Ways to Enjoy this Wildly Edible Weed!
Calling all locavores and garlic lovers — garlocavores? — now that spring is here, you may have delicious garlicky nom growing right outside your window!
How To Learn (And Teach Your Kids) About Sustainability
When I started my real food journey, I had to research what words like “cage free” and “grass fed” meant. And then I found The Lexicon of Sustainability.
9 Food Trends that Make Us Happy
There are lots of gross, unhealthy food trends out there, and it’s easy to get very gloom and doom about our food system. There are some silver linings though. Check out these awesome food trends!
Food Sovereignty in a Small Maine Town
The small town of Sedgwick, Maine declared universal food sovereignty. But what does that mean?