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Nourishing Ohio’s downtowns, through community-food partnerships
North Market in Columbus, Ohio. Creative Commons/Flickr photo by TheeErin. By Kelly Ferry A food revolution is afoot in the downtowns of Ohio, and if you’re lucky, it’s marching your way. Our own farmers market in Kent, Ohio opened two weeks earlier this year and has
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Postcard from England: Farm Collective opens cafe
Earlier this month I spent 10 days in England, visiting friends from grad school in London, Hove (near Brighton), and Diss (near Norwich). I was there for fun, but it was impossible not to see with Ethicurean eyes just how far ahead of America the UK is when it comes to chewing the right thing. Here's
On your market, get set…: Building Local Roots in Ohio
There must be something in the Ethicurean (tap) waters. As much as we love to eat and write about SOLE food, more and more of us are finding ways to put not just our money, but our time and energy, where our mouths are. From our
Marlow & Daughters butcher shop: “This meat is our reputation”
A recent Coolhunting.com video highlights Marlow & Daughters, an old-world
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Finding real food on the road — all the way across America
By Stephanie Pierce My husband and I recently finished a summer-long adventure in which we toured the northern half of the United
Farmers market snapshot: Bay Area bounty in October
October is Eat Local Challenge month, and we should have made a big deal about it before. However, we have all been pretty swamped — the road to blogging hell is paved
The Bi-Rite Stuff: Sam Mogannam takes grocery retailing to new heights
The San Francisco Chronicle has scooped us here at Edible San Francisco
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Whole Foods beef part of massive recall
Another day, another E. coli recall from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. This time the recall is for 1.2 million pounds of "primal cuts, subprimal cuts and boxed beef" packed by Nebraska Beef
Another European agency urges caution on approving cloned meat and dairy
The International Herald Tribune reports that the European Food Safety Authority has declined to give milk and meat from cloned animals a greenlight in its final report, published yesterday. Although it says that upon reviewing the
Wal-Mart sees the locavore light
The Associated Press reports that Wal-Mart plans to spend $400 million on locally grown produce this year, which the company defines as anything farmed within a state's boundaries. The company's Commitment to You
Salon.com plays the locavoreanism-debunking game
The type of article lamented by a few commenters on my recent post about food miles vs. food choices made an appearance in Salon
Meeting my meat at Garden of Eden/Lionette’s Market in Boston
Johanna Kolodny is dedicated to working to change the food system at multiple levels. She has worked with the NYC Greenmarket and Slow Food, and taught undergraduate courses about the food system. A graduate of Williams College, she received her MA in Food Studies from New York University. On a frigid
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Digest – Blogs: Biotech & veggie protectionism, revenge of spent cows
Magi-non! line: Biotech seed producers are sick of France's pesky anti-GMO firebugs, so they're moving to friendlier climes in the Midwest and Brazil. The only problem with Andrew Leonard's funny headline — "Give us your poor, your tired, your genetic modification experiments" —
Digest – Features: Big local, organic Apple; Temple Grandin on the ‘guest test,’ proposed new nutrition label
Local food, 365 days a year: Kim Severson on the possibility that New York will build a large, permanent farmers market featuring local and seasonal produce, cheesemongers, butchers, and a selection of staples. Guess Whole Foods isn't doing the trick. (New
Digest – Features: Hugh F-W and Jamie Oliver to set feathers flying, grass-fed beef ranchers in unlikely places
English chefs chew it better: The Times Online reports that Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the TV chef and author of "The River Cottage Meat Book" is campaigning to get more middle-class Brits to pay
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