Last week, we asked readers to tell us how they define local when it comes to area businesses. Late last month, Biscuitville, a family-owned restaurant chain headquartered in Greensboro, opened ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The No. 2 official at the Agriculture Department recently got a real-life lesson in the loose definition of the trendiest word in groceries: "local." Walking into her neighborhood ...

The term 'local' is important to consumers when making grocery purchases, but shoppers' definition of a local product is on a sliding scale (depending on the category) ranging from being produced ...

“Local” is a word that is broadly used to describe something particular about a place that makes it different from somewhere else. Across the globe, the “local-ness” of our cities is what makes them ...

Austin certainly has the reputation as a city that values keeping it weird and supporting local businesses, but a group of area farmers is very concerned about what it sees as the fluctuating ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has greatly expanded its definition of local food. The CFIA, which is responsible for food labelling in Canada, has for decades defined local food as food that is ...

The No. 2 official at the Agriculture Department recently got a real-life lesson in the loose definition of the trendiest word in groceries: “local.” Walking into her neighborhood grocery store in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 official at the Agriculture Department recently got a real-life lesson in the loose definition of the trendiest word in groceries: “local.“ Walking into her neighborhood ...