Local Food

Agritourism. A wheat farm near Gaston, Oregon. (Getty Images)

In Oregon, How Much Agritourism Is Too Much?

By Claire Carlson

September 23, 2025

The state faces a quandary over how (and whether) to develop its farmland.

After the Eaton Fire, a Los Angeles Community Garden Rebuilds

By Jennifer Oldham

September 22, 2025

A school tour of the garden in March of 2024. (Photo courtesy of Altadena Community Garden)

What’s at Stake for School Food-Literacy Programs

By Hannah Wallace

September 17, 2025

Aubrey Hinton, a garden and cooking teacher and garden coordinator at Pomeroy Elementary in Santa Clara, California, ... (Photo courtesy of The Charlie Cart Project)

How Libraries Are Creating Community Through Food

By Liz Susman Karp

August 27, 2025

The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Culinary Literacy Center offers more than 30 culinary programs for adults and children, including cooking classes with local chefs. The center has become a culinary model for libraries around the nation. (Photo credit: Elizabeth Marshak)

Disasters Block Local Food Access. One Groundbreaking Group Has a Solution.

By Elizabeth Doerr

August 26, 2025

Members of the North Coast Emergency Food System Partnership take a hike together as part of their May 2025 convening in Mendocino County. (Photo courtesy of The North Coast Emergency Food System Partnership)

Op-ed: Public Grocery Stores Already Exist and Work Well. We Need More.

By Raj Patel and Errol Schweizer

August 20, 2025

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 17: A person shops at a Whole Foods Market grocery store on December 17, 2024 in New York City. Grocery prices have recently seen their most significant monthly gain since January of 2023 with egg prices rising 8.2% alone. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Should Regenerative Farmers Pin Hopes on RFK Jr.’s MAHA?

August 19, 2025

While the Make America Health Again movement supports alternative farming, few of Trump’s policies promote healthy agricultural landscapes. The latest version of the new MAHA Commission Report underscores these concerns.

Refugee Farm Programs Harmed by Federal Cuts

By Caleb Hampton

August 18, 2025

Ram Khatiwoda, farm coordinator at the International Rescue Committee's New Roots farm in West Sacramento, tends to a row of onions this year at the farm. (Photo credit: Caleb Hampton)

Louisiana Shrimpers Fight to Save Their Industry

By Jake Price and Olivia Shaffett

August 13, 2025

Jared Lemoine sorts shrimp for bait behind Campo's Marina in Shell Beach, Louisiana. (Photo credit: Jake Price)

Op-ed: We Need a Food Bill of Rights

By Tambra Raye Stevenson

July 30, 2025

Photo illustration of the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights laying on top of an image displaying bundles of root vegetables.

A Groundbreaking California Farming Collective Navigates the Loss of Federal Grants

By Riley Ramirez

July 29, 2025

Volunteers Noelle Romero (left) and Corinne Smith (right) pull weeds around a row of baby tomato plants and talk about their own gardening ventures during a community work day at the Agroecology Commons farm. (Photo credit: Riley Ramirez)

Could Child Care Centers Strengthen Local Food Systems?

By Tilde Herrera

July 28, 2025

Children engaging in a hands-on learning activity with berries as part of a farm-to-ECE program. (Photo credit: Marcello Cappellazzi)

From Bees to Beer, Buckwheat Is a Climate-Solution Crop

By Elena Valeriote

July 8, 2025

A field of flowering buckwheat. A buckwheat plants can produce as many as 2,000 flowers, according to research. Experts recommend planting about 700,000 buckwheat plants per acre.

Can This Baltimore Academy Continue to Train Urban Farmers?

June 30, 2025

Denzel Mitchell at Black Butterfly Teaching Farm. (Photo credit: Sam Delgado)

Helping Ramps Flourish Through Forest Farming

May 28, 2025

Close up of a man's hands holding his freshly foraged wild ramps

Warming Waters Cause Invasion of Sea Squirts at Maine Fisheries

By Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

May 27, 2025

A fisherman pulls up a big fishing cage off of a boat. He is wearing yellow waders and a beanie

Oregonians Can Now Taste Local Maple Syrup–and Learn to Make It

By Elena Valeriote

April 30, 2025

A group of people sit in a shedlike indoor/outdoor area in the woods wearing beanies and jackets listening to a woman explain how to tap bigleaf maple trees

At These Grocery Stores, No One Pays

April 14, 2025

Pratt Free Market, a free grocery store inside a library. Photo credit: Sam Delgado

10 Ways to Get Involved With Food Mutual Aid

By Robin Greenfield

April 7, 2025

A colorfully hand drawn image of diverse people working in food mutual aid, from a bbq'er to someone holding a bowl of rice, and more

‘Dignified Food’ Eases Food Insecurity in Philadelphia

March 25, 2025

rows of to-go boxes of freshly made food, with chefs and cooks in the background

This San Francisco Food Pantry Is a Labor of Love

By Tilde Herrera

March 24, 2025

A woman wearing a Giant's baseball hat and hoodie holds her white pomeranian in a bag, next to a chalkboard sign that says

Will Local Food Survive Trump’s USDA?

March 19, 2025

A woman with blonde hair sits on a bright red tractor in a field

Photo Essay: Standing in the Gaps With Feed Durham

By Katina Parker

March 12, 2025

An African American woman wearing a hoodie and mask and sunglasses stands behind a grill holding a large utensil

In Chicago, an Environmental Organization Feeds a Community

By Angela Burke

March 12, 2025

a vibrant community garden with tall sunflowers and workers

In Hawai‘i, Restoring Kava Helps Sustain Native Food Culture

February 24, 2025

The Kanaka Kava crew plant ‘awa observing traditional Native Hawaiian protocols. (Photo credit: Kanaka Kava)