...group describes the event as a chance to "get a taste for the region, learn about who grows the region's locally produced food; learn about efforts to protect the water and ways to get involved. Enjoy a sip of wine, listen to music, stock...

...She said her group and others tried to talk positively about farmers who agree with their vision of sustainably produced food and the humane treatment of animals."We have been celebrating farmers," Vaughn said. "We'd like to see more...

The Crow Wing Food Co-Op, an early leader in the now widely seen move toward organic and locally produced food, has been part of the Brainerd area since 1979. But many food stores have jumped on the organic bandwagon in recent years. That...

...runoff into the lake, and the Annual Harvest Dinner which gets lake people together with farmers to enjoy locally produced food and to assure each other that clean, healthy water is a priority. It is sponsored by the Cass County Farm Bureau...

...tools for entering the local market, community-supported food systems and a panel discussion on locally grown and produced foods, including food safety. From 8:30-9:30 a.m. Saturday, registration will begin and exhibitor displays will...

...After four decades of farming organically, he is now strictly forbidden from saying the O-word. Just as organically produced food moves into the mainstream with federal oversight and a USDA seal of approval, Coleman and many other pioneers of the...

...Castle and Blake Campbell, both transplants from Flagstaff, Ariz., and practicing Buddhists, emphasize locally produced food, pay their staff of 27 higher wages than most other jobs in town and try to impart new skills, too. Their reception...

...28 at the Nisswa Community Center. The gathering features a dinner prepared by Prairie Bay Restaurant from locally produced food, a farmer's market, a program about protecting our shared watershed, live music from Hans Blix and the Weapons...