Ancient Grains, Modern Methods in Lebanon
USAID and partners are increasing the quality and competitiveness of Lebanese freekeh for Middle Eastern foodies.
Category: Food Systems
The Car: Giving Grocery Shopping Consumers Choice and Convenience… or Not?
PCC Natural Markets has jumped ahead of the competition by offering multiple online ordering and delivery choices: Amazon PrimeNOW and Instacart.
Expanding Organic in Lebanon
For several years, Fady Daw has studied how foreign products beat out local products on Lebanon’s high-end, organic foods market. He suspected that much of it had to do with packaging. So he adopted a new strategy and ordered some bottles from Italy.
Chia and Maya: Potential For a Nutritional Renewal In Guatemala
The conquistadores virtually erased chia from Mayan cultural awareness as part of their campaign to subjugate the Mesoamerican peoples to Church and King. But today, even as ordinary Guatemalans are engaged in a massive ongoing popular campaign to throw off the rule of a corrupt and brutal elite, chia may be ripe for rediscovery.
Modern Hives Give Ethiopian Women Farmers New Vocation
Most of the Ethiopian farmers in the Lelistu Ogda farmer cooperative struggle with soil fertility. That’s why Ayelech Bekele and 19 other women now embrace beekeeping as an alternative method for increasing their incomes.
Another One Bites the Dust: Wedge Co-op’s Gardens of Egan Farm Auction
As we face climate change and continuing issues of food security, how will natural food markets and co-ops source healthy local food and provide a …
Loki Fish Company: Building a Brand, One Fish at a Time
Loki Fish Co. has been going strong for more than 35 years, and has evolved from a single fishing boat to a vertically-integrated, direct marketing company selling a wide variety of fresh, frozen, and processed fish products in Washington, Oregon, and northern California, as well as through an online store and online resellers.
We Recommend: Sockeye Salmon from Loki Fish Co.
At GoodFood World we’re always on the lookout for something special for dinner. This week we picked up a “2-Serving Portion” of wild sockeye salmon from the Loki Fish Co. stand at Ballard Farmers Market.