GreenMoneyJournal.com
May/June 2008 issue
| A Free-Range, Local Chicken in Every Pot By Tracey RyderFresh, seasonal, local, organic-all terms that have become increasingly confusing to consumers as they make food-buying decisions. And with fresh food now traveling an average of 1500 miles before reaching our plates, eaters have grown tired of eating tired food. What are consumers to do with all the confusing choices? Where do they find credible information about what’s best for their health, community, environment? Edible Communities, a network of locally-owned and operated food magazines, publishes 50 titles each quarter in distinct culinary regions across the U.S. and Canada, all of which emphasize the importance of eating locally grown and produced foods. In the four years since it was founded, Edible Communities has grown to be the most trusted and influential media network dedicated to the local foods movement in the world today. Clearly, consumers are “hungry” for more knowledge in this area. Toread more, click http://www.greenmoneyjournal.com/article.mpl?newsletterid=44&articleid=606 |
