Efforts to serve local food in schools are expanding nationwide, but creating a market between small farms and school districts still poses many challenges, according to the U.S. Department
A contract food bottling and packaging company on the Hawaiian island of Oahu that was responsible for the recall of about 100 local food products in January received a June
Ask meat vendors at a farmers’ market what their biggest headache is, and they likely will say getting their animals processed. If those vendors are selling certified organic meat and
What’s the “Future of Food” Without Food Safety?
I attended the Future of Food Conference in Washington D.C. this last week and was amazed by the speakers that
California, a state that has long been at the forefront of the fresh food movement, is planting the seed of its “California cuisine” in the next generation.
This month marked
Over the past decade, the local food revival in the U.S. has gained tremendous momentum, with more consumers interested in where their food comes from, how it’s grown,
If dairy farming is to remain part of Vermont’s agricultural future it must adjust to changing market realities and practice sustainable environmental management. Micro dairy farming offers one viable
After working to block a fast-food franchise from opening on the University of California Berkeley campus, students opened their own cooperative market-cafe last year.
The Berkeley Student Food Collective has
A school district in Washington state has ditched frozen French fries and chicken fingers this year in favor of fresh fare. Not only are meals now made from scratch daily,
Supporters of small family farms and locally grown food in Oregon are backing three bills–the Farm Direct Bill, the Family Farm Act, and HB 2872–that address poultry processing.
As Penn State’s College of Agricultural Science sees it, “the ‘locavore’ movement is growing and those locavores are increasingly demanding assurances that their produce is safe to eat.” On
“Today, people are persuaded more than ever that they have perfect freedom, yet they have brought their freedom to us and laid it humbly at our feet … And we alone