September 16, 2009: This week the USDA announced the start of Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, a series of coordinated programs designed to help develop local and regional food systems to benefit small farmers, strengthen local communities, and spur economic development. One key component of this initiative is to increase the supply and [...]
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Farm To School: A Conversation with Marion Kalb
Update: September 15, 2009: The USDA began their Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative at Tree and Leaf Farm, just outside Washington DC. In building the relationships between farmer and eater, emphasis will be placed in connecting locally grown food with learning institutions, so our children will have the opportunity to eat good [...]
Posted in Food Stories Also tagged farm to school, farm to school lunch programs, farmers market, fresh food, healthy eating, k-12 school lunch program, school nutrition 7 Comments
Shortcomings, from My Sustainable Kitchen
Spring is a time of re-birth and like the start of a new calendar year I welcome the opportunity to wipe the slate clean and begin again. As people we should constantly be improving ourselves and there is no better way to start than with our food consumption and overall eating habits.
I’ve [...]
A New Kind of Co-op: GROWN Locally
This Article From Our Friends at Local Harvest
Nearly a decade ago, an idea was born in a field outside of Decorah, Iowa. After a field day at Sunflower Fields Farm, several farmers wondered if they could band together, coordinate their marketing efforts, and sell their products to local institutions under a single [...]
Posted in Food Conversations Also tagged agriculture, direct to market, family farmers, farmers co-op, Growing & Raising Food, iowa, locally grown, selling fresh foods, sustainable food Post a comment
