Tag: local foods
How to donate fresh produce to a food pantry
Follow the recommended guidelines for produce donation and learn how to find a pantry near you that accepts fresh fruits and vegetables.
Growers, rural grocers should be allies
Alan Guebert details why Rural America needs more locally-owned grocery stores selling more locally-grown food to more local friends and neighbors.
App connects Pa. residents to local food
Pennsylvania, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently unveiled a new service enabling older and at-risk residents to more easily access healthy, local food.
Eating fresh, local is back in style
Judith Sutherland shares some of her experience buying and eating local.
Ohio Proud: helping producers market local food
Ohio Proud is a marketing program created by the Ohio State Department of Agriculture to promote locally grown, raised and processed foods.
Why do local food businesses fail?
Learn more about nine problematic areas that cause many local food businesses to fail.
Online farmers markets: a new trend in local foods
Online farmers markets showcase fresh food from multiple farms within a defined geographic region, such as a single county or tri-county area.
Boy Scouts source local food for National Jamboree
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is partnering with the Boy Scouts of America to provide locally sourced food products for the National Jamboree.
Sellman family takes pride in local meats
The Sellman family has built a sustainable farming business out of direct marketing meat, which is now found in retail stores.
