Locally Grown Food? You May Be Deceived

    by Mary Clare Jalonick

    USA TODAY Your Life
    Walking into her neighborhood grocery store in Washington, Kathleen Merrigan saw a beautiful display of plump strawberries and a sign that said they were local produce. But the package itself said they were grown in California, well over 2,000 miles away.
    The popularity of locally grown food — which many […]

      “Food Sovereignty” law passed in small Maine town to allow sale of locally produced food without interference of regulators

      Town Hall in Sedgwick Maine

      Update March, 2013: Brooksville Becomes Ninth Maine Town to Pass Food Sovereignty Law
      Here’s a Way to Eliminate the Regulators and Lawyers, and Build Community At the Same Time: Organize and Declare “Food Sovereignty,” Like Sedgwick, Maine
      by David E. Gumpert
      The Complete Patient

      Maybe the citizens of tiny Sedgwick on the Maine coast were […]