More Local Foods Resources

Everything you need to start buying and eating local foods.

Eating locally has many benefits. But how can you get started? Here are 10 ways to get started buying and eating locally.

Heard about eating locally but not sure where to find local foods? Here are five places to start.

Eating locally is better for you, for the environment, and for your taste buds. Here are the top eight big, umbrella-style reasons you should start eating more local foods.

These organizations and directories list local food producers around the country and beyond.

3B Reusable Produce Bags are mesh nylon, machine-washable reusable produce bags.

Winter cooking can be a challenge. Cooking locally and seasonally when markets are teeming with piles of heirloom tomatoes and bushels of luscious peaches is easy. But what about when markets slow down or close completely? Find ideas here.

Give your cooking a fresh boost with a solid spring cleaning of your kitchen.

What do veteran beekeepers wish they'd known before they got their first hive? Find out here.

See how an experience beekeeper installs a new queen bee and a colony in a beehive.

Find locally raised grass-fed beef, lamb, goats, bison, poultry, and dairy products near you.

Edible magazines are intensely local publications - find one about your neck of the woods.

Grow Food connects farmers with people interested in farming.

Learn about - and buy - heritage foods like red wattle pork and various heritage turkeys.

A survey of farmers nationwide that seeks to unite young farmers to support the right to farmable land and healthy food systems.

Scads of information for anyone interested in sustainable farming - doing it or just reading about it!

Want to get hands-on about organic farming? WWOOF organizations publish lists of organic farms, smallholdings and gardeners that welcome volunteer help at certain times. The diversity of hosts available offers a large variety of tasks and experiences.