local food

The local food scene has exploded in recent years, which means there’s a lot more local produce on dinner tables. It also means that during the spring…

More cities want to take eating local food from just a hip trend to an economic generator, but as in many grassroots movements, there can be some growing…

Local food is no longer just a novelty. Farmers markets are growing nationwide and farms that sell directly to consumers brought in $1.3 billion in 2012,…

This is the third story in a three-part series "The Local Food Challenge" from Harvest Public Media.The smell of baking dinner rolls fills the kitchen at…

This is the second story in a three-part series called The Local Food Challenge from Harvest Public Media.Farm stands and farmers markets remain really…

If you see tomato vines or pepper plants sprouting in Cape Girardeau parks this summer, there is a good chance Robert Harris, Jr has been there. Harris…

The price of beef and pork will continue to climb this year, according to an agricultural economist at the University of Missouri.Ron Plain says the…

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, is muscling in on one of the fastest growing segments of American agriculture: local food.Wal-Mart says 11 percent…

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, is muscling in on one of the fastest growing segments of American agriculture: local food.Wal-Mart says 11 percent…

All genetically modified meat and fish raised and sold in Missouri would have to be labeled as such, under legislation filed in the State Senate. It’s…