Local Food News is a forum for the topic of food and what is happening in the Bloomington community and the world that affects what is on our tables. Information found here is available to inform the consuming public so that we may all have needed information about the changing face of food to assist us in making responsible food choices.

Local food is a resource for building local food networks, supporting sustainable agriculture and growing awareness on living in harmony with nature.

Why drink Shade Grown Coffee?

When you drink shade grown coffee, you know that the coffee is grown with attention to the soil, the land and its inhabitants. On a typical shade grown farm you will find the coffee trees grown beneath a taller canopy of trees that provide protection protection for the coffee and are beneficial to the soil.

Equal Exchange creates and develops long-term relationships with growers in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Columbia, Peru and Tanzania. These relations are health to the environment, local wildlife, migratory birds and to the farmers. Farmers participating in these growing communities have the opportunity to end cycles of poverty and exposture to chemical fertilizers and pesticides and preserve the land and soil for future generations.

In Bloomington you can purchase Equal Exchange Coffee at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Sundays from the Green Sanctuary Task Force, Also at Runcible Spoon, Soma, Bloomingfoods, and other locations around town. If you sell or serve Equal Exchange coffee and would like to be added to our list, please send information to Local Food.