Local food

 Canada It wants new, dynamic farms to be created and it's appealing to Canadians concerned about local food and food security to support its campaign. According to the union, the prison farm system is a Canadian tradition in minimum-security penal ...

 Canada Trinity United in Thorold, Ont., offers its church hall as a distribution centre for the Niagara Local Food Co-operative. The organization, a virtual farmers' market with an online ordering system for its members, developed in response to the growing ...

By Jim Freeman Good News For Kitsap Farms Consumers need to awaken to the reality of the condition of our food security and nutritional health. Social, business and government leaders need to wake up and recognize the critical importance of smaller community farms and farmers.

As The Washington Post reports, the USDA now prefers to call hunger "Very Low Food Security." That's the term the agency uses in its annual report on hunger In America, which for some reason was delayed this year until after the election.