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Local Food News
Our goal at Harvest Eating.com is to bring you the best, most relevant information concerning the local foods movement.
Local foods are becoming ever more important as the economy crumbles as people are looking to their neighboring farms to buy the local foods they consume. We strongly believe in supporting local farmers, therefore eating local foods is super important and buying local foods is end result.
We hope these articles can help your jounrney into the local foods movement.
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Benefits of Organic Small Farm Meat Over Supermarket Meat
By Faiz Ahmed, Oakland University
Supermarket meat that people consume on a daily basis looks very delicious but has a very different reality. The rosy picture that we get from the packaging and the advertising is indeed a sham and a shame because the food that is accessible to us through . . .
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Small Farms vs. Big Government
Working as I do on farm issues, I have come to know and love many farmers and respect and admire their industry, creativity and passion for their work. What a shame to see the lack of support or even open hostility they are shown by agricultural agencies and public health officials. Now I know why rural America is devastated. Duh, it's the regulations. . . .
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Cooking with fresh, seasonal produce
by James Parker
You can jazz up everyday meals by cooking with seasonal produce and considering these fresh approaches to keeping mealtime healthy and delicious: 1. During warm months, vegetables like squash, peppers and eggplant are all in excellent supply and are great for outdoor grilling. Grilling peaches are a delicious dessert option. As weather cools back down, figs, bananas and pineapples taste great on the grill. . . .
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For the freshest produce, buy from local San Diego farmers
Steve Trader
There's nothing quite like the experience of spending a hot summer day at the beach, returning home and replenishing your nutrients by biting into a perfectly ripe strawberry or orange. Having a grapefruit for breakfast is a very healthy way to start the day. And who can forget some of the biggest customs of summertime season, eating sliced watermelon or grilling up some corn-on-the-cob on a warm summer evening. . . .
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Local food takes center stage at Farm Aid
Kansas City Star
It won't be business as usual inside Livestrong Sporting Park on Saturday, especially among the concessionaires. While the concert is happening, another feature Farm Aid will be going on at the food stands. T Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/10/3067057/local-food-takes-center-stage.html#ixzz1UkAGtvXx . . .
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Fresno County Fruit Trail points out local produce
By Mary Lou Aguirre
Maybe your summer activities have included a barbecue, a visit to a waterpark or time spent with relatives. Why not include a trip to gather produce that doesn't require pushing a shopping cart with a bum wheel? . . .
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Three arrested on raw milk-related charges in L.A.
By Stuart Pfeifer and P.J. Huffstutter
LOS ANGELES -- The owner of a Los Angeles health food market and two other people were arrested on charges related to the allegedly unlawful production and sale of unpasteurized dairy products, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said. The arrests of James Cecil Stewart, Sharon Ann Palmer and Eugenie Bloch on Wednesday marked the latest effort in a government crackdown on the sale of so-called raw dairy products. . . .
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Buying Local Makes Economic Sense
Oran B. Hesterman, Zester Daily
As the farmers' market season gets under way in the U.S., more shoppers than ever will be supporting local growers and producers. (According to a 2010 Department of Agriculture survey, at least 6,132 markets exist nationally, a 16 percent increase from 2009). While there has never been a more popular time for extolling the nutritional and culinary value of local food in the mainstream media, not everyone is convinced of the economic benefits of local food systems. . . .
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Urban Truck Farms Take Local Food to a New Level
Rachel Cernansky
I saw the truck as we entered the Old South Pearl Street farmer's market on Sunday, but what I thought was an awesome old truck selling greens out of the back was even better--it was growing them. Lined with dirt, the bed of the truck literally sprouts all kinds of greens, from lettuce to tomato plants to a variety of herbs. . . .
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Forks Over Knives: A Revolutionary Documentary About Food
Gilda Rogers
Call it a movement or an alternative lifestyle, but one thing's for sure, it's in motion and it's building steam among the young and old. This was evident by the 200 plus people who turned out Thursday night to see the documentary, "Forks over Knives," at the Clearview Cinema in Red Bank. . . .
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