Local food delivery at click of a mouse

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  August 11, 2006 ;     509 words ...Local food fans in Devon can take advantage of a...20 producers across the region, the new Local Food Company has launched an online delivery...opportunity to access fantastic, high-quality local food and drink from local producers. We wish...

Festival fanfare for the finest local food

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  September 29, 2007 ;     443 words ......countryside needs consumers to support local food producers more than ever, particularly...Cornwall was a superb example of how local food and drink had developed over the last...would disappear. "The success of the local food industry is that it has been built on...

Guide to local food selling.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  August 21, 2007 ;     248 words ......overview of the growth of demand for local food, and shows how farmers can connect more...food-chain value. The Signpost Guide to Local Food looks at the potential trade for fresh...key questions that anybody considering local food marketing should be asking. Lloyds TSB...

Sale will see local food continue to grow

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 8, 2008 ;     311 words ...Award-winning online retailer The Local Food Company has been sold by its owner-founders...company run by Nick and James Toms. The Local Food Company has gone from strength to strength...company is the first specialist online local food retailer in the UK and prides itself...

Local food coalition celebrates two-year anniversary

Missoulian;  August 1, 2007 ;     663 words ......creating special menus with a focus on local food the first Friday of every month. It's...people that are already interested in local food - because there is a lot of interest in local food in Missoula. But the challenge is to make...

FIRST LADY ANNOUNCES 'EAT LOCAL' CHALLENGE TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL FOOD

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 28, 2007 ;     488 words ......announced a challenge to increase sales of local food. The Wisconsin "Eat Local" challenge...spend 10 percent of their food budget on local food for ten days, Sept. 14 - 23. "Consumers...dollars circulating in your hometown." Local food is an important part of the menu at the...

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS PARTICIPATES IN WISCONSIN'S FIRST...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 29, 2007 ;     319 words ......retailers attending Wisconsin's first annual Local Food Summit on Jan. 4 in Stevens Point. The...about efforts on expanding Wisconsin's local food markets, according to organizers. Attendees...Halweil noted that Wisconsin is a leader in local food innovations with a large and ...

LATEST LOCAL FOOD GUIDE AVAILABLE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 17, 2006 ;     248 words ......release: The University of Northern Iowa Local Food Project continues to build connections...the agricultural products they use. The Local Food Project, which began in 1997 and includes...campaign, released its free 2006-2007 Local Food Guide in July. Since 2003, UNI's Local...

Food company has an appetite for success ; Blossoming new South West...

Herald Express (Torquay UK);  December 24, 2007 ;     464 words ...Blossoming new South West business, The Local Food Company, has won a clutch of awards to...its growing reputation as an ethical, local food and hamper supplier. The South Brent...their site and customer service. The Local Food Company is an online local food retailing...

Farmer backs call for more local food.(Business)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  September 12, 2006 ;     281 words ......HUDDERSFIELD farmer has backed calls for more local food in school dinners. Graham Coultish is...to persuade the Government to get more local food into schools. The North East NFU has...dinners, with increasing emphasis on local food. West Riding County Chairman Mr Coultish...

Awards will fly flag for local food; Tell world about your menu, traders...

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  March 12, 2008 ;     675 words ......between Berwick and Rothbury which champion local food. But unlike similar initiatives that...celebrate quality, the North Northumberland Local Food Awards will instead honour those hospitality...and visitors. Mr Sharman said: Eating local food and drink is an important element of...

Facing the hard facts about food choices

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  October 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ......would all be a lot healthier if we ate properly produced local food. So why should anyone loathe jovial Mr Harvey? Well, if...is to "give children a better insight into the role of local food and farms in healthy living". I've seen the play and it...their food is produced - this means they must ...

GROW ING PAINS Government focus on local food hampered by red tape...

The Sunday Herald;  March 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ...A PRIZE-winning local food project, closed last week because...organisers of Highlands and Islands Local Food Network (HILFN) were "gutted" at having...GBP60,000 apprenticeship scheme for local food producers. But by Friday afternoon...

The localvore's dilemma - Sometimes buying local food helps in the battle...

The Boston Globe;  July 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......have come to dominate organic agriculture, "local" has emerged as the new watchword of conscientious...the past year and a half, the interest in local food has been fueled by best-selling memoirs and...Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma." The case for local food is several-fold: It tastes ...

Pioneering local food network welcomed ; Rural campaigners have launched a...

Hull Daily Mail (UK);  November 19, 2008 ;     240 words ......locally-produced food. The aim of the East Riding Local Food Network is to link farmers with restaurants...Anything that helps encourage people to use local food rather than imported produce, from countries...communications between producers and users of local food. "We were pleased ...