Local Food
Local food is maintaining its strong appeal in the Twin Cities, but tight and expensive labor make it a challenging business environment for growers.
Pro*Act has chosen 14 recipients for the latest round of Cultivating Change Local Farm Grant Program, boosting their food safety, sustainability and wholesale readiness efforts.
Fresh Local Produce of Ohio, Hudson, is shipping salad greens to area retailers under the Free! Leafy Greens.
Side Delights shares farming insights from their Network of family-owned farms and why shoppers prefer locally grown, family-farmed food
Is bigger better? Can big berries still taste as sweet as those tiny powerhouses? And does local matter more in the case of berry flavor?
For home delivery, Baldor Specialty Foods, Bronx, N.Y., has created a Peak Season Box of fresh fruits and vegetables in their prime time.
The Packer’s editor-in-chief Tom Karst, Northeast editor Amy Sowder and retail editor Ashley Nickle discuss some of the big topics of the week, from the new infrastructure bill to buy local campaigns to retail strategy.
Schnuck Markets, Inc., in partnership with Foodshed.io, is celebrating its most expansive local produce season since it was founded in 1939.
Sobeys Inc. is dedicated to expanding its local produce selection.
As part of its ongoing efforts to expand the local, fresh offerings in its stores, the Cincinnati-based company has named the winners of its second annual Go Fresh & Local Supplier Accelerator program.
Do you know which farmers market is no. 1 in America? American Farmland Trust and the Farmers Market Coalition hope to answer during the annual 2022 America’s Farmers Market Celebration.
After Hurricane Irma in 2017, Hurricane Michael in 2018 and six other hurricanes since 2000, Florida farmers are hyper-aware of the potential impacts of Hurricane Ian.
Produce sales in the St. Louis, Mo., area are going strong, and distributors say they anticipate a solid fall-winter season.
The USDA has announced that it has signed its first cooperative agreement under the new Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) with the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Consumers can look for a new Got to Be NC logo with the official roll-out of the latest branding campaign by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Marketing Division.
Ariz.- based Duncan Family Farms LLC., focus on sustainability is deeply rooted in transparency and a drive to be better.
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a solicitation to procure fresh oranges.
The 5-year-old “urban mushroom farmer” delivers fresh mushrooms to about 400 supermarkets and restaurants, and also works with a number of locations to help them raise their own organic specialty varieties on site.
The educational toolkit supplements the USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program and transforms “eating your fruits and veggies” into an exciting adventure.
Canadian retailer Loblaw Cos. Ltd. is signaling a huge commitment to local growers, pledging to spend $150 million more each year by 2025, buying local produce and curtailing imports when possible.
Cauliflower may be king over kale in 2019, but the trend toward all local and organic fresh foods will continue to reign — buoyed by vertical, urban farming.
Buying local produce has become more practical with a growing program called Local Pledge by Baldor Specialty Foods, a distributor based in the Hunts Point neighborhood of Bronx, N.Y.
Boston wholesalers continue to see demand for regionally grown produce.
Hy-Vee gives a starring role to produce across a variety of platforms.
Even retailers well-versed in handling local programs can fine-tune their strategies. Retail expert Joe Watson has you covered.
Canadian Produce Marketing Association President Ron Lemaire says the new Loblaw program can be a “catalyst” to the success of small fresh fruit and vegetable businesses.
The 2014 farm bill program aims to increase consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables to mitigate health care costs.
Grants will help expand local access to fresh produce, increase produce education and strengthen regional food systems.
UGC says it cultivates nourishing environments that support health, economic development, healing and creativity through urban agriculture.