Local Food

Jim Wieringa hangs the last of the fresh meat and edible organs in the cold storage room of the truck. One of the Island Grown Farmers Cooperative members, Ruthie Dougherty, director of Coffelt Farm Stewards on Orcas Island, has been working with the mobile unit since 1994. “Without the unit, there would be no island meat producers; without the unit, we're pretty much toast here," Dougherty said.

Photo Essay: Bringing the Butcher to the Farm

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02.20.20

Landowners harvesting black cohosh. (Photo by Priya Jaishanker for Appalachian Forest Farmers.)

In Appalachia, Forest Farming is Protecting Wild Botanical Plants

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02.19.20

Grass & Bone's butcher, James Wayman, working in the kitchen.

The Growing Trend of Dining at Your Neighborhood Butcher Shops

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02.13.20

Onion Field in New York's Black Dirt Region

New York Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Their Onions. U.S. Lawmakers Want a Trade Investigation

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02.07.20

Students eating school food at Hamburg CSD in upstate New York. (Photo by Nancy J. Parisi for AFT)

Inside New York’s Pursuit to Bring Local Food into More Schools

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01.27.20

Sarah Ross and fresh grown produce. Photo by Bill Durrance.

Social Roots Seed Company Wants to ‘Reseed the Lowcountry’

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01.23.20

inspecing pawpaw fruit on the tree

Climate Change Could Make Pawpaws a Valuable Crop for Northern Farmers

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01.09.20

Martin Rodriguez sells his vegetables at the Corona Farmers Market in Queens, New York, one of the most dynamic and diverse farmers markets in the city and is steps off the subway and mass transit system for the city. (USDA Photo by Preston Keres)

Exploring a Decade of Big Changes in Local Food

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11.19.19

hand holding acorns

Indigenous Youth Reboot Acorns to Revive Food Sovereignty

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11.15.19

Green City Force team leader CheVon Cooper (right) and Americorps member Manuel at the Forest Houses gardens. (Photo by Robert Cowan)

Clean Soil Is Rejuvenating New York’s Urban Farms

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09.11.19

Kannan Thiruvengadam with Jessica Ventura, and the sign given by Ventura's grandfather to Eastie Farm.

Boston’s Eastie Farm Builds Community and Resilience on the Front Lines of Climate Change

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08.21.19

Portland food cart owners and chefs

Will Portland’s Development Boom Leave Room for its Food Carts?

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07.22.19

The community garden pays tribute to Puerto Rico’s history beyond just flora and fauna. The community built a “Taino swing set” for the neighborhood children, modeled after the structures believed to have been built by the Tainos and used for recreation. Photo by Katie Rice.

Meet the Farmers Reclaiming Puerto Rico’s Agricultural History

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07.05.19

170 businesses are served by the Redd campus, including many via B-Line's menu of services. (Photo by Shawn Linehan for Ecotrust)

Mid-Sized Farms Are Disappearing. This Program Could Reverse the Trend.

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06.11.19

Shumon Hakim and family at Bismillah

The Halal Restaurant Helping Build Community in Suburban Detroit

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05.24.19

Jorge and Ana sit on the remains of one of their structures destroyed after Hurricane Maria in 2017. (Photo © Sarah Sax)

Finca Conciencia Is Building Food Sovereignty on Vieques Island

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05.15.19

Aliza Sokolow photo collage

Aliza Sokolow’s Food Photos Could Change the Way You Think About Farmers

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04.19.19

Lisa Kivirist (left) at one of her In Her Boots networking potlucks. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Kivirist)

Female Farmers are Coming into Their Own—and Networking is Key to Their Success

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04.16.19