Greg Jaworski explains how local farmers make his job easier from a chef’s perspective.
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Are you Local or Organic?
Given a choice, I prefer local over organic. Here’s why.
My Journey to a more Sustainable Food Lifestyle-Part 4
March is finally here, time for me to pull out my favorite gardening books, finalize seed orders, and sketch out the plan for this year’s vegetable garden.
My Journey to a More Sustainable Food Lifestyle-Part 2
I knew it wouldn’t be easy to create a sustainable food lifestyle, We live in New Jersey, and fresh, local produce exists only from May through October.
What does Sustainable Food Mean to You? (video)
What does sustainable food mean to you? Good, clean and fair? local? social justice? Care for the environment? Carlo Petrini offers some of his own thoughts in this video.
Ken Meter: Building A Local Food Economy: Part 3 (video)
Ken Meter expresses optimism for the future of local food economies, suggests we choose healthier foods to eat as a guide toward supporting local food economies.
Ken Meter: Building A Local Food Economy: 2
Building a local food economy also depends upon retaining local farms, and creating new ones. Ken Meter outlines the problem of affordable farmland.
Ken Meter: Building A Local Food Economy: Part 1 (video)
Expert food system analyst Ken Meter, defines what constitutes a strong local food system, and why it’s so important to the health and well-being of a region.