Entries for the Tag: Community
Long relegated to the domain of the market, food is increasingly becoming a subject of discussion for planning academics…
What's the big deal about local food? Why is fresh food better than fast food?
There…
Last week, Wal-Mart–the largest grocer in the world with over 8,600 stores in 15 countries, two million employees and…
It's fall harvest time on the South Lawn. Just what has grown in the first lady's garden since she…
Last Thursday, I was forced to face a frightful fact. My Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) with Red Fire Farm…
…As mentioned in earlier posts, three million NYC residents live in low-income neighborhoods like central Harlem, South Bronx, and…
The following article by Willie Nelson, President and founder of Farm Aid, appears in Good Food - the…
image: jonathanvlarocca, Flickr Creative Commons
Urban Gardening is fascinating to me. There are so many reasons…
by Sarah D. Scalet
The first year my family participated in community-supported agriculture (CSA), we were overwhelmed by…
Last week, the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa announced its plan to boost…
Last week, Diane Wright Hirsch, MPH, RD, extension educator at the University of Connecticut, wrote in this newspaper about…
Apart from the large Latino community of Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, it appears that small businessman David Warner has…
Parents shouldn’t look to the labels on the front of food package for guidance on picking the healthiest products…
No, Los Angeles still doesn't have a football team, but a football stadium planned for its downtown just…
Saturday February 12, 2011
MyFreshLocal is very excited about the TEDx event today. This event will provide viewers…
These are dark days for the environmental movement. A year after being on the cusp of passing landmark legislation…
Agricultural subsidies have helped bring us high-fructose corn syrup, factory farming, fast food, a two-soda-a-day habit and its accompanying…
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) released a report last week arguing the risks we face today are…
The chairman of Syngenta AG, Martin Taylor, on Thursday said attaining food security is becoming a major…
Most of us think of vegetables as being firmly rooted in the ground. Of course, congested urban areas usually…
