Charlottesville schools officials are looking for ways to expand the proportion of local foods offered in the system’s prepared meals over the course of the next year. The division last spring received a Green Ribbon Schools award from the U.S. Department of Education in part for its use of local produce in lunch menus and […]
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Summit stresses importance of food values
As American society speeds toward a mechanized, technology-centric future, local food emissaries Joel Salatin and Alice Waters are fighting an uphill battle against cheap, fatty, widely available junk food. Waters is an author, founder of the Edible Schoolyard and chef of locavore restaurant Chez Panisse, and Salatin owns organic Polyface Farms near Staunton. Both want […]
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Charlottesville studying ways to accommodate food trucks
Charlottesville officials are seeking ways to amend the city’s code to support a new trend in casual dining. “Mobile food units are popping up in localities all over the country,” said Read Brodhead, the city’s zoning administrator. “Austin[, Texas,] has over a thousand mobile food trucks. D.C. has over 200. We have about six.” […]
