Features

The keyword for this folder is Local: Features and this folder contains articles and other multimedia featuring local food systems

The Fatherland of Apples

The origins of a favorite fruit and the race to save its native habitat

Kidding Season at Prairie Fruits Farm

Early spring means baby goats at Prairie Fruits farm in Urbana

Papa George: Committed to Local

Papa George, a new Greek restaurant in Champaign, serves up delicious local food.

Beyond the Farmers' Market: Planning for Local Food Systems In Illinois

A detailed guide to supporting the development of local food producers, processors, and markets in your community

Illinois Local and Organic Food and Farm Task Force Listenting Sessions

Illinois citizens, businesses, farmers, and good food advocates are encouraged to attend a series of listening sessions being held across the state. In May, FamilyFamed.org is co-hosting a listening session in Chicago. We invite you to participate.

Strategies for Building Locally Based Food Systems in Illinois Communities

McKibben, Bill: Deep Economy

In praise of localism

Food travel distances and gasoline consumed

An article from Sierra illustrating the amount of gasoline it takes to get food to you.

The Good Food Movement -- Securing the Future of Family Farms

The following article by Willie Nelson, President and founder of Farm Aid, appears in Good Food - the spring 2006 issue of Waterkeeper, the official magazine of the Waterkeeper Alliance.