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 ...

With more folks trending toward the localvore movement (that is, consuming only local food), they face a vexing question: What, exactly, is the definition of local? Clearly the definition won’t cover ...

NDP MP Alex Atamanenko at the 'True Local' rally outside the Kootenay Co-op in Nelson. If you live in the Kootenays, is an Okanagan apple local? If you live in Vancouver, are Abbotsford strawberries ...

Defining what local food is in a country as large and diverse as Canada is going to be challenge for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, say some P.E.I. chefs. The agency has long had a rule which ...