If I Eat at a Chain Restaurant, Does That Make Me a Bad Local Advocate?

What do you do when living your ideals feels impossible?

Local Food, Owens, Top StoryTiffany Owens ReedApril 18, 2023local food, localism, advocacy, local business, restaurants

Top of the Bottom-Up: Building Family and Community Resilience

On a homestead in rural Wisconsin, Lauren Fisher is dedicated to growing her own food and connecting with her neighbors.

Top of the Bottom-Up: Growing Food, Growing Resilience

Alfred Melbourne sees farming as a chance to bring back land into productive use, feed neighbors, and help guide young people down a supportive path.

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Helping Neighbors Grow (and Sell!) Their Own Food

In San Elizario, TX, these local leaders are spearheading an agricultural renaissance.

A Love Letter to the Farm Share

Our Neighborhood Storyteller’s local farm share has given her access not only to great food, but to great friends, as well.

Can We Please Stop Fighting About Gardens

In this town where so many people have front-lawn gardens, why is anyone still arguing that they shouldn’t be allowed?

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Getting Real About the Cost—and Value—of Farming

Farmer and author, Beth Hoffman, does the math on U.S. agriculture in her new book.

Sharing the Pie: How Farmers Are Using Cooperatives to Stay Profitable and Grow Local Economies

This excerpt from Beth Hoffman’s Bet the Farm tells how both local economies and farms can benefit from co-ops.

Local Food, Rural, Top StoryBeth HoffmanOctober 15, 2021Farming, local food, books, rural, local economy, resilience, agriculture

How to Retain Capital in Your Community

Let’s go beyond the “buy local” mantra and start replacing things we send money out of the community for with viable local alternatives.

How to Build a More Resilient Local Food System

These 4 steps will put your city or town on the path toward greater resilience and sovereignty.

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... a Strong Towns Advocate on her City Council

A passion for food access and community change led Kelly Rae Kirkpatrick to run for city council in her hometown of Rochester, MN.

The Bottom-Up Revolution is... Growing Food, Growing Resilience

Alfred Melbourne sees farming as a chance to bring back land into productive use, feed neighbors and help guide young people down a supportive path.

VUCA Waymo

Innovations promising safety and certainty often make us more fragile and vulnerable instead.

Sanphillippo, Local Food, Top StoryJohnny SanphillippoFebruary 9, 2021automated vehicles, fragility, agriculture, local food

Best of 2020: How Sharing Food Can Strengthen Communities

Eating together can subvert partisanship, restore trust, and build stronger cities.

Community, Best of Blog, Top StoryHilary DumitrescuDecember 15, 2020local food, community, Best of 2020

Best of 2020: Street Vendors Are Vital Local Businesses. Cities Need to Do More to Support Them.

Extend the "open streets" and sidewalk dining revolution to include a fair shake for the smallest of small entrepreneurs.

Herriges, Local Food, Best of Blog, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesDecember 11, 2020Food Week, local food, California, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Best of 2020

How Sharing Food Can Strengthen Communities

Eating together can subvert partisanship, restore trust, and build stronger cities.

Community, Top StoryHilary DumitrescuOctober 28, 2020local food, community

#DoTheMath on Chicken Regulations

Raising poultry allows people to bring their food systems closer to home and build resilience. The problem? Raising chickens is illegal—or regulated into prohibitive expense—in many communities.

Local Food, Top Story, FisherLauren FisherAugust 13, 2020Food Week, local food, local regulation

This Texas Town Is Growing Stronger By Thinking *Inside* the Box

San Elizario’s creative “City In a Box” program is spurring entrepreneurship, while also addressing food scarcity and helping the town weather the coronavirus storm.