OSU Extension releases annual local food guide

The Ashtabula County Ohio State University Extension announced the 2026 local food guide is complete and ready for public view. The more-than-50-page guide lists sources of local food from across the ...
Ensia

OPINION: Local food is great, but can it go too far?

September 12, 2016 — One of the most interesting developments in American agriculture during the last decade has been the rise of the local food movement. It’s incredibly popular. People love the idea ...
Acsh.org

Local Food is Sustainable Food? The Evidence Says Otherwise.

Buying from your nearby farmer's market offers a number of important benefits. Environmental sustainability and local economic growth are not among them, according to a new review of the evidence. If ...
Science Daily

Availability of local food key to improving food security

The production of sustainable, locally grown foods is key to providing long-term food security for communities, according to a new study. The research highlights strategies, including community ...
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USDA ended its local food programs. A look at how farmers, schools and food banks are coping

Kitchen staff at the Clear Lake Middle School in northern Iowa slice local apples as one of the fruit options for lunch. The school district received federal funds through the USDA's Local Food for ...
Forbes

Local Food Hubs: The Next Revolution In Urban Planning

Dave Dinesen is the CEO of CubicFarms, a local-chain agtech company specializing in automated, commercial-scale indoor farming technology. New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, London — all major cities ...
In These Times

6 Reasons Local Food Systems Will Replace Our Industrial Model

September 28, 1958—A Sunday comic strip by Gene Fawcett envisions a future of farming in which “fat plants” and “meat beets” are used to cut down on the amount of farmland devoted to cattle pasture.