Last week, we asked readers to tell us how they define local when it comes to area businesses. Late last month, Biscuitville, a family-owned restaurant chain headquartered in Greensboro, opened ...

The term 'local' is important to consumers when making grocery purchases, but shoppers' definition of a local product is on a sliding scale (depending on the category) ranging from being produced ...

WASHINGTON -- The No. 2 official at the Agriculture Department recently got a real-life lesson in the loose definition of the trendiest word in groceries: "local." Walking into her neighborhood ...

“Local” is a word that is broadly used to describe something particular about a place that makes it different from somewhere else. Across the globe, the “local-ness” of our cities is what makes them ...

ALBANY — Food advertised in grocery stores as being produced locally could soon be required to meet a standard definition in New York. State lawmakers this year overwhelmingly approved legislation ...