Local Food News

Localvore First, Cameron Kramlich from San Francisco, California, pitched Localvore , a concept for local artisans to be able to sell their merchandise to consumers who want to shop local.

Kate Simon is the Travel Correspondent of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday.

Sarah Elton is a regular at the farmers market near her home in Toronto. She religiously checks labels and menus to make sure her food hasn't traveled far before arriving on her plate.

Zak Pelaccio's newest venture differs from most mod-country, locavore eateries these days in one crucial way - it actually is in the country.

When Mary McCartney and her three siblings were young and vacationing on a family farm in Scotland, their father endeavored to teach them about all the beautiful food that sprang from the earth.

The red and yellow tulips have bloomed, and soon everything from corn and cucumbers to kale and collard greens will be growing on three-quarters of an acre on Oread Street in Worcester's Main South neighborhood.

A day after KVCC announced its intent to create a new campus focusing on food sustainability and wellness , enthusiasm for the project was high among city employees and local-food activists, as well as the community college's partners in the venture.

Here's a trailer for British restaurant critic Jay Rayner's upcoming book, A Greedy Man in a Hungry World , in which he explains why buying local food is not always the most sustainable option.

Editor's note: The following information is part of a countdown recap from the inaugural Top 100 Movers and Shakers publication.

What would a locavore's paradise in wine country look like? For a certain type of well-heeled agrarian, a whole lot like SHED , Healdsburg's 21st-century grange, grocery, farm store, cafe, bar and event space.

Perhaps spurred on by the success of what is being dubbed "new Nordic cuisine" and the trailblazing kitchen of Rene Redzepi and his Copenhagen restaurant Noma, or perhaps influenced by the locavore movement sweeping the restaurant world, the cuisine from the far northern reaches of continental Europe is experiencing a revolution.

Actor and comedian Griff Rhys Jones has strongly criticised proposals to install one of the UK's largest solar farms in the Suffolk countryside.

CAMPAIGNERS are 'just a little bit optimistic' after the Government delayed a decision about building 650 new houses in Hartford.

Agriculture is growing and so is the popularity of eating locally grown foods, but Leslie Hart with "We're a nation of convenience, so you can always go to the grocery store, some places 24/7, and get just about anything you want; you don't always have that luxury with local.

One is the silliness of compulsory locavorism - specifically, forcing municipal hospitals, schools and other institutions to source an arbitrary percentage of their food locally.

In 1931, Muncie earned national recognition from the administration of President Herbert Hoover for its efforts to feed and employ the hungry and jobless through community gardening.

Locavore fundamentalists might call it blasphemy, but there's no reason a meal made with local foods can't contain ingredients from the other side of the world.

It's springtime at the Point Reyes National Seashore, about an hour outside of San Francisco, and the cold wind whips off the sea and through the tall grass along the cliffs.

Sustain Food is hosting more than 30 events across May as part of the Think Global, Eat Local initiative.

Its summer camp program for children is returning with some old favourites and new themes as well.