Word of the Week: Local-Washing This week’s Word of the Week was inspired by an article that was circulated in the office about local-washing. Local-washing hasn’t made it into the dictionary yet—I couldn’t even find it on UrbanDictionary.com [Note to Self: stick this definition in there after I’m done writing this blog post]—so I’ll have to do…
BABA JENNY’S UKRAINIAN FOOD EXPANDS THEIR LOCAL TASTE ACROSS THE PRAIRIES Baba Jenny’s Ukrainian Foods makes homemade Ukrainian foods like pyrohy, nalysnyky, and cabbage rolls. Baba Jenny’s catering service has been serving the Vermilion community for 40 years, and their food has recently expanded into grocery stores. Carolyn Pulyk of Baba Jenny’s Ukrainian Foods always thought…
Building The Localize Score: The Impact of Ownership In the circle of local advocacy groups–especially local food groups–there is often a discussion about which aspects of local are the most important. In our creation of the Localize Score, this debate erupted the most. In order to be succinct, we have frequently articulated the Localize Score…