Standing in the produce section, you hold up two seemingly identical peaches. One has an organic label, and one was grown at a farm only ten miles away. Which piece of fruit is better—for you... Read more >>

My daily life is all about local food. When I’m not making dinner or digging around my garden, I have the pleasure of working with farmers, community members, organizations, chefs, the media,... Read more >>

Local and sustainable foods are becoming a highly touted mantra in America, with much of this interest coming from metropolitan centers—where 80 percent of the U.S. population lives. Urbanites... Read more >>

Louise Rossberg had nearly a thousand beehives in 2006. Today, she has 200. In February 2005, John Miller lost almost half of his 13,000 hives, which translated into the loss of 300 million bees.... Read more >>

Eating locally has been gaining cultural clout in the past few years bringing with it waves of seasonal recipes in the food sections of newspapers, a slew of popular books on the subject, and the new... Read more >>

As I walk through my local Whole Paycheck, I am dazzled, if momentarily, by gleaming aisles with beautifully packaged organics. Then I stop and look at the prices; I bristle. On average, organic dairy... Read more >>

Farmers Steve and Bernadette Howard, along with their ten-year-old daughter Isis, are represented as three oxen that give this farm its name. Their family farm is based on the fundamental philosophy... Read more >>

Situated south of Peru and west of Bolivia and Argentina, Chile fills a narrow 2,880-mile strip between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The country is one of the leading industrial nations... Read more >>

Ah, the first day of Spring means the hot days of summer are not far behind, especially here in the South. Unfortunately, these long hot days usually coincide with seasonal drought and bring ongoing... Read more >>