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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every tomato you pick from a local farm and every loaf of bread from your neighborhood bakery creates ripples through your community’s economy. The farm-to-table movement has transformed from a dining ...

Imagine a customer sitting at their favorite restaurant, perusing the menu and then asking the server: “Excuse me, where do your carrots come from? Are they locally grown?” As states reopen after ...

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, ...

C. David Pedri, president and CEO at the Luzerne Foundation, speaks at Wednesday’s Millennium Circle luncheon at the Friedman JCC in Kingston. Courtesy of the Luzerne Foundation KINGSTON — Founded on ...

Université Laval provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Université Laval provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. But many myths have also been debunked, such as ...