TheRepublic.com - Local food News http://www.therepublic.com/feed/subject/813fdc5e397544548f98b6b30b932e71 Local food News and Photos en-ca webstaff@therepublic.com Copyright 2013 W.Va.'s local-food movement a model for Appalachiahttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/43d6015e62ea4e45ab3c4ead77c3fd42/WV--Food-Economy-Appalachiahttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/43d6015e62ea4e45ab3c4ead77c3fd42/WV--Food-Economy-AppalachiaMORGANTOWN, West Virginia - With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food. But creative collaborations with food entrepreneurs are seeding a new kind of economy that federal officials say could become a model for 12 other Appalachian states.]]>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:34:30 -0400Local food movement catches on in Casperhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d52b3f254d014f9abd6ccc1b8244eced/WY--Food-Movementhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d52b3f254d014f9abd6ccc1b8244eced/WY--Food-Movement

CASPER, Wyoming - Steve Ford takes pride in his heirloom tomatoes.]]>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:10:37 -0400Slow Money touts investments in small food firmshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3c1aaf96c1c24001859b386b0de88a42/CO--Slow-Moneyhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3c1aaf96c1c24001859b386b0de88a42/CO--Slow-MoneyBOULDER, Colorado - An organization that encourages investments in small, local food businesses is relaunching an Internet portal to let donors big and small support the idea of "slow money."]]>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:28:17 -0400