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Localize Blog

2018

June 26 - Localize Honoured as a 2018 Best for the World B Corp

2017

September 16 - Localize Honored as a Best for the World B Corp
September 12 - News Release: Localize Honored as a Best For the World B Corp
July 4 - Vendor Spotlight: Avalon Diary
June 26 - Vendor Spotlight: Spread’em Kitchen
June 15 - Vendor Spotlight: KAPOW NOW!
June 7 - Signal Corporate Social Responsibility with Third Party Certifications
May 10 - Growth Tips: Instagram for CPG Food Brands
May 8 - How to Start a Food Processing Business in Canada
May 2 - The Food Maker’s Guide to Labeling in Canada
April 28 - What Food Innovators Can Learn From Craft Beer
April 27 - Decoding Demand for Local Food – Part 5 (Freshness)
April 25 - Decoding Demand for Local Food – Part 4 (Local Economy)
April 18 - Food Traceability, Transparency, and Consumer Trust
April 17 - Decoding Demand for Local Food – Part 3 (Environmental Impact)
April 12 - Feature: Great Canadian Package Design Firms
April 11 - Spotlight on: Lentilicious
April 10 - Decoding Demand for Local Food – Part 2 (Health)
March 31 - Decoding Demand for Local Food – Part 1 (Preface)
March 27 - Spotlight on: Big Mountain Foods
March 27 - Decoding Demand for Local Food
March 13 - Spotlight on: Vancouver Island Salt Company
March 3 - Spotlight on: Snappy Grains
February 23 - Spotlight on: Quinta Quinoa
February 12 - Spotlight on: Urban Hippie Granola
February 8 - Making sustainable choices more accessible for consumers
February 6 - Sourcing Local: Retail Lessons from Alternative Models
January 31 - Spotlight on: Muskoka Roastery
January 27 - Happy National Chocolate Cake Day!
January 19 - Growing Opportunities for Alberta Food Producers and Manufacturers

2016

December 20 - ‘Creating’ social mission for food businesses.
December 13 - Neil Stern predicts the future in 2017 Food Retail Outlook
December 12 - Spotlight on: Seamount Marine
December 9 - Technology and the future of grocery
December 6 - What makes a resilient food system?
November 16 - Vendor Spotlight: Sweets From The Earth
November 9 - Vendor Spotlight: Love Child Organics
November 2 - Vendor Spotlight: The Little Potato Company
October 30 - Making the Grade – reflections on B Corp re-certification
October 25 - Vendor Spotlight: Back Forty Artisan Cheese
October 22 - Most Promising Startup – 2016!
October 21 - Localize and McKeen Metro Glebe Join Forces to Highlight Ottawa-Area Food Producers
October 19 - Localize Vendor Spotlight: GOOD FOOD FOR GOOD
October 11 - Vendor Spotlight: Salt Spring Coffee
September 29 - Vendor Spotlight: Sunshine Farms
September 21 - Vendor Spotlight: Mad Mexican
September 12 - Localize Vendor Spotlight: Metropolitan Chef
September 2 - Making Waves in the Local and Sustainable Food Movement
August 30 - Localize Vendor Spotlight: Ecobain Gardens
August 12 - Our Path to Becoming a Certified B Corporation
July 20 - Localize Joins GODAN Network to Change the World Through Data
April 29 - Localize Company Values

2015

December 21 - 8 Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Ontario Localizer in Your Life
December 14 - Five Localized Producers Who Slayed on Dragons Den
December 1 - Happy Holidays 2015
November 17 - The Days of Traditional Trade Missions Are Dead
October 30 - Kudrinko’s and Localize Partner Together to Highlight Local Food
October 7 - Our Edmonton Office Has Moved!
September 21 - Inspired by Square, Shopify, and IDEO at Ignite Fest Edmonton
September 4 - Localize Partners with Country Grocer in British Columbia
September 1 - Freefield Organics: Farming in the Canadian Prairies
July 10 - Scaling Up: Screamin Brothers Frozen Treats Expand Across Canada!
July 3 - Localize Launches with Vince’s Market
June 23 - Localize’s Founder Receives ‘Star Women in Grocery’ Award
June 2 - Ontario Consumer Research – Do Food Values in the East Meet the West?
May 27 - Ontario Celebrates Local Food Week and Localize Celebrates What is Local
May 19 - Community Support Grew Little Creek Dressings into an Okanagan Favourite
April 15 - Understanding Local in Ontario
April 9 - The Localize Score Measures Beyond Miles
March 11 - Localize debuts in Toronto helping shoppers get the food facts that matter most
March 5 - MacKellar Farms Pioneers Edamame Production in Canada
February 3 - Localize – Giving Food A Story

2014

December 19 - 5 Festive Recipes to Localize Your Holidays
December 10 - We All Scream for Ice Cream: Four Brothers Screamin Good Story
November 18 - Two Sisters (a.k.a The Busy Bees) Behind Tu-Bees Honey
November 11 - Top 10 Movies and Peabutter Popcorn
October 29 - Ecobain Gardens is Not Your Typical Family Farm
October 22 - Pumpkin Pie and Overnight Pumpkin Oats
October 8 - Metropolitan Chef No Baste Turkey
September 30 - Our Number #1 Must-Have Kitchen Tool for Fall
September 29 - Festive Foods for Fall
September 2 - Techie, Community Economist, and Hippie: All words that Define Localize
August 29 - Localize Joins Forces with Co-op
June 6 - Nature’s Pickin’s in British Columbia Joins The Localize Project
May 7 - Localize Has Won the Venture Prize!
April 25 - Know Your Local

2013

December 19 - Launch Party Edmonton: Celebrating Past Successes, Growing New Connections
November 20 - Localize Labs: What’s the arm’s-length value of local food?
July 31 - Edmonton’s Volunteer Food Council
May 27 - The Food Story

2012

November 23 - Local food is more than just the miles
November 16 - Food Journeys: A Reflection on the Food Secure Canada National Assembly
September 24 - Crowd Sourcing a Definition for Local
August 13 - Word of the Week: Local-Washing
July 11 - BABA JENNY’S UKRAINIAN FOOD EXPANDS THEIR LOCAL TASTE ACROSS THE PRAIRIES
July 5 - Building The Localize Score: The Impact of Ownership