The Blog Barn

This month LocalHarvest's Erin Barnett reminisces about the joy of visiting farms while traveling, and offers some resources for you to do the same. Over spring break when I was a senior in college, some friends and I drove from Minnesota to the West...

The world's climate has never been static, and many civilizations in history have come and gone because of environmental changes - some caused by humans, some not. Over the last 60 years the misuse of new technologies have led us to influence the...

Slowly waking up from the long, cold winter slumber, the springtime world offers much to marvel at. Indeed, springtime can be a wondrous time of year particularly for small children as they begin to actively explore and observe the changes in the world...

Hello again, and welcome back to the LocalHarvest.org newsletter. This month we are exploring how and why the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model is evolving. New variations on the theme are being created all across the country. So what...

Happy New Year from LocalHarvest and welcome to the first LH newsletter of 2007! The glitz and glimmer of the holidays have finally faded and we are turning our attention to the promising year ahead. Specifically, and in our January newsletter, we are...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter! As the days get darker and, in most parts of the country, colder, and the year draws to a close, we at LocalHarvest.org find ourselves reflecting more than usual on why we do what we do. Perhaps the hype and...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter! As we head into the cooler, crisper months of autumn, and the summer harvests of garden fresh salads and luscious strawberries cease, many people turn to warmer, heartier meals to fuel our families and...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter! Welcome back to the LocalHarvest.org newsletter. You probably didn't go anywhere, but we have been on a long hiatus from writing. It has been a full summer here at LocalHarvest. As a few of you may...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter! Whether Spring is in full swing in your part of the country, or still loitering just around the corner, one thing is certain: family farmers are hard at work. In shorts, no less. Or at least some of them are -...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter! We want to extend warm thanks to all of you who have been using LocalHarvest this Fall. Whether you have been using our unparalleled national directory to find local foods, or buying directly from family farmers...