Local Food News

Holiday Shoppers Explore Farmers Markets (NBC 29 - 11/22/2008) - "Farmers markets are bustling with activity this weekend. But if you're looking to fill your Thanksgiving table with locally grown goods, it could cost you more. Dawn Story of the Piedmont Environmental Council spent Saturday enticing shoppers at the Forest Lakes Holiday Farmers Market to think local as they map out their Thanksgiving menus. "

Buy Fresh Buy Local Holiday Guide Available (PEC Press Release- 10/28/2008) - "Continuing its strong commitment to the local foods movement and farmers, the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) in partnership with the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development has published a Buy Fresh Buy Local Holiday Guide to help residents support our farms as part of their holiday shopping."

Fresh from the Farm (The Winchester Star- 10/20/2008) - "If you’ve munched on a locally grown apple this fall, know that you’re helping to make growers in the area happy. “When we can sell what we grow directly to customers, that’s great for us,” says Mary Snapp, who sells fruits and vegetables at West Oaks Farm Market on Cedar Creek Grade.

Farmer in Chief (by Michael Pollan in The New York Times- 10/09/2008) - "It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food. Food policy is not something American presidents have had to give much thought to, at least since the Nixon administration — the last time high food prices presented a serious political peril."

Fest Promotes Eating Local Foods - Charlottesville's NBC 29 (09/30/2008) - "A group of agencies, farmers and healthcare workers are promoting a return to eating locally. The local food movement encourages people to buy and enjoy food grown in their neighborhoods around their towns and even in their own backyards."

Fighting to Keep Food Local at Polyface Farm (Virginian- Pilot- 09/21/2008) - "It's an endless circle of life at Polyface, a 550-acre farm that has become a bellwether in the nation's sustainable food movement. Here, on land passed down from father to son, owner Joel Salatin promotes, practices and tweaks a method of farming rooted in the symbiotic relationship between the sun and the Earth and the plants and the animals..."

Supermarket Chains Narrow Their Sites (N.Y. Times - 08/06/2008) - One of the biggest brand names in food this summer doesn’t carry a trademark. It’s the word “local,” which has entered the language as a powerful symbol of high quality and goodness.

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