Ten Ways to Avoid Shopping for Food in Supermarkets

By Elisabeth Winkler, Sustainable Food Trust

I prefer to spend my money with food enterprises operating with sustainability in mind, that minimise waste, are transparent about their supply chains, take an ethical approach to animal welfare and the environment, and produce food for health and flavour, not shelf life.

The EU Wants to Block Romania’s 51% Local Food Shift. Who Cares?

By Rob Hopkins, Transition Culture

Amid all the mayhem and turmoil of recent weeks, here's a news story you may have missed.

Building Minnesota’s Farm to Institution Markets

By Pete Huff, Institution for Agriculture and Trade Policy

As part of our shared work on farm to institution in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), the Sustainable Farming Association (SFA) and Renewing the Countryside (RTC) conducted an online survey of Minnesota growers interested in farm to institution markets in fall 2014.