Tag: Local Food - Page 2
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Is New York City Running out of Space for Bees?
Two years after legalizing urban beekeeping New York City could be running out of space for bees.
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The Decolonizing Diet Project is Teaching Volunteers to Eat Like Native Americans
How big of a locavore are you? Could you eat only foods that were available to Native Americans before 1600?
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Is Buying Local Food the Best Way to Go on a Carbon Diet?
In this excerpt from the latest book by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the authors look at the realities of local food.
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Incredible Foodie Road Trip Draws to a Close
From eating invasive species to the wonders of urban agriculture, The Perennial Plate showed us real food at its best. Here are some of the highlights.
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New Initiative Aims to Build Truly Local, Resilient Economies
The Transition Movement has brought communities around the world together to work toward resilience and sustainability. Now a spin-off project is setting its sights on the economy.
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How Permaculture Could Transform Campuses Across the Globe
An international conference looks at how permaculture could be applied to transform university and school campuses into food producing, nature-friendly sustainable spaces.
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Doctors Office Transforms 4,000 Sq.Ft Lawn into Edible Landscape
With diabetes and obesity causing major health problems, one family practice is transforming its front lawn into an educational, edible garden.
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Federal Food Aid Recipients Double Their Money at Local Farmers' Markets
The evaluation report three years after Double Up Food Bucks started giving incentives to SNAP (formerly food stamp) recipients
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'Eat Local' Food App Shows What's in Season Near You
With just a few quick clicks you can find what's in season, where to get it, and how to cook it.
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A Refugee Farmer Brings Goat Meat to Kentucky
A Burundian native is pioneering urban goat farming in Louisville. Will it catch on among the locals?
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USDA Map: "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food"
A neat resource from the USDA that shows agency-supported projects and programs related to local and regional food systems.
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Survival Skills Are Still Sustainable, Even If You'll Never Need Them
A beautiful film celebrates doing things, like starting a fire entirely by hand, that are no longer necessary. There are lessons for us all.
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Farms Use 60 Times More Land Than Cities: It's Time to Develop Terraculture
Agriculture has become the single largest driver of climate change. It's time to start farming for the whole planet.
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Massive 100,000 s.f. Greenhouse Planned for Brooklyn Rooftop
A former Navy warehouse in Brooklyn is to become a home for the largest rooftop farm in the world.
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Toronto's Brewers Plate Serves Seasonal Food and Drink at a Tough Time of Year
Event brings some of Toronto's best chefs together to show what they can do with very little
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A Vertical Garden Feeds 10,000+ Visitors to Chicago O'Hare Airport
Between the fast food outlets and news stands, Chicago O'Hare Airport features an indoor urban garden growing food for its restaurants.
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21 Lessons in Sustainability from the Great Depression
When the Great Recession started four years ago we looked at the lessons we could learn from the Great Depression; Time to dust them off.
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5 Easy Vegetables to Start From Seed in Your Garden
Think you can't grow your own vegetables from seed? Try these five easy seeds and develop that green thumb you didn't know you had.
