Building a local food economy also depends upon retaining local farms, and encouraging the development of new ones. In part 2, Ken Meter outlines the problem with the diminishing availability of affordable farmland. He also shares a couple of stories about two enterprising community efforts: one that makes land more accessible for farming; the other, [...]

Continuing the conversation with Ann Vileisis, author of Kitchen Literacy, she explains how over time we became gradually disassociated from how foods were produced, and where they originated. Most importantly, the advertising industry played a significant role in changing American values toward food, and easing the transformation to the industrial food production system of today. [...]

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As the pendulum has swung toward a globalized economy, more people are realizing the huge costs ociated with the singular pursuit of maximizing profit, employing cheap labor, and ignoring environmental concerns. A shift is underway to promote sustainable local economies, in part, a necessary response to increased fuel costs, and global warming threats. Creating a [...]

Farming today is not what we may imagine it to be. It’s become largely an industrial process, and corn epitomizes this shift in production methods. In Part 3, ‘King Corn’ filmmaker Curt Ellis shares his experience growing an acre of corn in Iowa, and what it was like for him and his partner. Surprisingly, the [...]

Quick Frozen Foods International Magazine provides reports on the worldwide frozen foods market. An international publication of up-to-the-minute news of frozen foods for processors exporters and importers wholesalers retailers equipment manufacturers packagers transportation and storage.Important delivery note – Please allow an industry average of three to six weeks for delivery of the first issue of [...]

In this series of conversations with Dan Imhoff, he explains how the farm bill has evolved, and what it has come to mean for farmers and the American public. If you think it’s just politics as usual, you may be astonished at what you hear… Duration : 0:5:56

You bring the wine and I’ll bring the food…section. This clever wine bag is made of recycled newspapers (from the food section) and soft, durable, water-resistant laminate. Complete with double rope handles, this memorable and reusable bag will make a delightful companion to a bottle of wine. Handmade in Los Angeles. Due to the recycled [...]

Continuing the conversation, Curt Ellis shares his story about the pervasiveness of corn in our daily foods. We learn that for the first time in human history, the problem of obesity is ociated with poverty, not affluence. The processed foods that saturate the market with cheap food products is the chief culprit. Do you feel [...]