local food

The Washington State Department of Agriculture's Farm to School Purchasing Grant Application is open for the 2025–2027 biennium.   WSDA said the grant provides funds for schools and early learning services to source and prepare high quality, nutritious, culturally relevant foods for their meal programs. The program emphasizes p...

It’s a new effort to promote agriculture and local foods in the Evergreen state.  September has been designated “Eat Local Month” by the state of Washington, with events celebrating locally-grown foods and products.  The groups Eat Local Firs...

Governor Brad Little proclaimed September as Idaho Preferred Month.  The month is dedicated to spotlighting Idaho produce and the role retailers play in connecting consumers with the “best locally grown, raised and crafted food”.    “Our Idaho ...

USDA and the state of Washington have announced a cooperative agreement to purchase local foods.  Under the agreement signed with AMS, the Washington State Department of Agriculture will purchase and distributed locally grown and/or processed food from underserved producers.  Th...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke to the National Governors Association on Saturday and urged them to support local and regional food systems.   Vilsack called food systems a tremendous opportunity.   “When you think about the rural economy historically it’s been an extraction economy. We’ve extracted thin...