Urban Farms, Community Gardens and Local Produce at Your Doorstep
So I’m setting off on a quest to find fresh and affordable food here in Vancouver and documenting my findings in a four-part series.
food hubs
How Via Organica is Helping Local Vendors and Farmers Thrive
Via Organica, a regenerative farm in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, is more than just a place that grows and sells fresh, organic produce to the local community. Rosana Álvarez, the farm’s founder, also runs an educational center, restaurant, and store. By centralizing these operations, Álvarez is seeking to improve the livelihoods for local farmers and vendors.
Hub-to-school: Vermont Food Hubs and Schools Work Together to Drive Localization of the Food System
Food hubs and farm-to-school programs are essential mechanisms in increasing access to food produced locally and sustainably.
Restored Historic Boston Farmstead to Offer ‘Hyperlocal Food’
Community gardens were an important precursor; the next level is a commercial enterprise featuring hyperlocal food.
Financial Future is Bright for Food Hubs, Study Says
In the new industry of food hubs, a report details the bright outlook for those involved. This is good news for farmer’s markets and food hubs across the country…
Building Urban Food Resilience
Central to Permaculture is the idea of creating resilient systems.
The power of a regional food commons
By owning many elements of a local food system infrastructure – farms, distribution, retail and more – but operating them as a trust governed by stakeholders, the Food Commons believes it can be economically practical to build a new type of food system that is labor-friendly, ecologically responsible, hospitable to a variety of small enterprises, and able to grow high-quality food for local consumption.
Food Co-ops, Food Hubs, and Food Democracy
The movement needs to refocus on its basic mission of empowering and mobilizing communities in need of healthy food and economic justice.
The Open Food Foundation
The Open Food Foundation has been established to accumulate and protect a commons of open source knowledge, code, applications and platforms to support the proliferation of fair and sustainable food systems in Australia and beyond.
Food & agriculture – Jan 23
• From farm to table
• Namu Gagi: San Francisco’s Natural Farm Restaurant
• UK faces food security catastrophe as honeybee numbers fall, scientists warn
• Five ways SRI practices and ideas can help "feed the world"
Here’s a tasty investment: Grants for Eastern Market, local-food industry will create jobs and bring business diversity to Detroit
Here’s why you should care: Better, locally grown food. Public health. Job creation. Cleaner, safer places to shop.