Growers and Grocers

Here’s a short but interesting article over at Live Science about the efficiencies of organic farming.
Here’s a snippet:
Badgley and her colleagues admit that organic farming is labor intensive. But their review of yield data for the past 30 years on different agricultural methods found that in developed nations, yields were almost equal from organic and […]

While not yet a national event, Southeastern Pennsylvania’s “Buy Fresh Buy Local” Week is bound to catch on with the recent attention across the country to decreasing the miles between field and table. Chocked full of events, this week (July 15th - 23rd) will provide several occasions to celebrate and honor local produce and […]

With all the recent promotion in the produce aisle for buying local and buying fresh, even city dwellers can get in on the sustainable food choices movement. Over the past decade, a growing number of urban agriculture projects (let’s just call them farms) have sprung up in America’s major cities. Typically not more than an […]

Thanks to a British filmmaker, the English town of Modbury has become the first town in Europe to ban plastic bags. After witnessing the ravaging effects that plastic bags are having on our sea life, Rebecca Hosking took to filming the atrocity that few people are aware of.
Hosking arranged a local screening of her documentary, […]

Originally posted at Well Fed On the Town by Curt McAdams.
This is my last installment on the local market (at least for now). The major departments are done, with the exception of groceries. The market I’ve been picking on, Dorothy Lane Market (DLM), in Dayton and Springboro, Ohio, has the typical shelves full of cereal, […]