Secretary Vilsack pointed to the Department’s recent investment of $500 million for schools to purchase local, unprocessed foods as the latest in a series of actions to support school meals through ...

For some, local isn’t the only term we should be concerned ... benefits of local food. “The more you care about how food is produced, the less likely you are to buy Peruvian asparagus ...

When people can’t afford to buy food, many rely on local food pantries ... margin is slimmer than at a farmers market. And why should we care if the food reaching our less fortunate neighbors ...

"To end food waste, we need to recognize that imperfect ... Figueirdo says that to reduce food waste people should buy misshapen food, especially at local farmers markets; put pressure on major ...

Of course, there are a variety of ways you could gauge which frozen foods you should buy or skip ... With that in mind, it's ...

OCP is offering fresh, never-frozen birds. They can be ordered pre-brined in turkey stock, mirepoix, salt, sugar, spices, and ...

By plugging into, replicating and scaling up farm-direct, ethical and sustainable supply chains, we can have good food and eat it too, so to speak. The USDA should be funded to expand investment ...

Whole Foods might just have you covered. Looking for something Belgian-inspired but local? Again, check Whole Foods. The one reservation some shoppers might have is that Whole Foods is a bit notorious ...

According to the Institute for Local Self Reliance ... preparing sandwiches and helping customers buy food for their families. How do you quantify essential work in the U.S. grocery sector?

therefore why should we pay more when we can get it for that.” He claimed that British agriculture would die within 50 years unless we “cherish our landscape, pay our farmers a fair price for their ...

All food makes a journey from where it is grown or produced to your plate. How far food has travelled is known as its food miles. We should be aiming ... That’s why they are grown in parts ...

So why is it that most ... s surface provides the soil we rely on for agriculture, and it is remarkably fragile. Topsoil is used to grow 95 percent of our food, and it is disappearing ten times ...