For foods with protected geographical names, see Geographical indication....Local food (also regional food or food patriotism) or the local food movement is a "collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies - one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular place" and is considered to be a part of the broader sustainability movement. It is part of the concept of local purchasing and local economies, a preference to buy locally produced goods and services. Those who prefer to eat locally grown/produced food sometimes call themselves "localvores" or locavores.

"We have food banks in virtually every city in the country, and what we are hearing is that they are all facing severe shortages with demand so high," Ross Fraser, a spokesman for America's Second Harvest—The Nation's Food Bank Network, the nation's largest hunger relief group, said Friday. "One of our food banks in Florida said demand is up 35 pe

Presuming that food irradiation works AND is "safe," then corporations would then have no incentive to limit the amount of fecal material (shit) in our food supply. A main cause of E. coli poisoning is from E. Coli present in animal/human excrement. Corporations want us to eat more shit than ever before.

The New Rules of Food...need to also take into full account we are swimming in a sea of oil to get the food. Organics attempt to eliminate the crude-fix, but the distribution and marketing network still demand the pound of our flesh for its consumption. Top soil depletion, water resource contamination, the ecology is damning all around.

TasteTV, the leading online and video on-demand food, wine and lifestyle television network, announced today that it is accepting viewer nominations for its newest program, SEXY CHEFS. TasteTV can be seen by millions of viewers from its broadband streaming video channel at http://www.TasteTV.com/ and on cable Video On Demand.

As demand for fresh, locally-sourced foods grows, so does the consumer’s desire to know where their food comes from. An increasing number of farmers are reacting to this by allowing purchasers to own an animal from a distance, before it is slaughtered, cut up and delivered to the door, ready to eat.