As I am poised to leave my job after 16 years as executive director of CISA (Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture), naturally, I’ve started to reflect. My takeaways so far are: local farms are ...

A famous quote long attributed to Gussow sums up her views: “I prefer butter to margarine because I trust cows more than chemists.” While she was a draw at international conferences, Gussow worked ...

Local food systems are often viewed as alternatives to the global food system to stress their "promise of difference." But many myths have also been debunked, such as the "local trap" — the belief ...

One measure of the success of the local food movement is the marketing value now placed on the word “local” — but local is not always what it seems. “Localwashing” — or misrepresenting the word “local ...

Most of the food for school lunches is brought in from different locations, in part because of the need for large orders and nutrition requirements. Tucson Unified School District has partnered with ...

The local food movement is one of the most exciting trends to hit supermarket produce departments in recent memory. Organics initially satisfied consumer demand for food grown, raised and produced ...

We can thank small farmers, environmentalists, academic researchers, and food and farming activists for advancing ecologically sound food production methods. Agroecology, holistic resource management, ...

Situated on a previously vacant 2-acre lot, Meacham Urban Farm has transformed a once unused space into a productive green oasis in downtown Tampa. The farm is part of the Encore redevelopment project ...

Research supports several benefits associated with local food systems, although not without nuances and controversy. These benefits include their ability to reconnect consumers and producers, ...