Consumer interest in local food is not a trend, and neither is the need for regional and global supply chains that keep fresh ...

As Canada's trade conflict with the United States escalates, governments are encouraging Canadians to buy local to support the country's economic, social and environmental stability and independence.

Damien Thompson, an assistant teaching professor in the Masters of the Environment (MENV) program, co-founded FrontLine Farming with MENV colleague and lecturer Fatuma Emmaud. On a global scale, ...

Research supports several benefits associated with local food systems, although not without nuances and controversy. These benefits include their ability to reconnect consumers and producers, ...

The Strengthening Local Food Security Act would create a permanent grant program for states to buy food from local farmers and fisheries PROVIDENCE — By the heat of the summer harvest, the Southside ...

Kitchen staff at the Clear Lake Middle School in northern Iowa slice local apples as one of the fruit options for lunch. Hundreds of Iowa farmers, schools and food banks planned on federal dollars ...