Category Archives: Food

Changing Technologies for local food identification

This has been a great year for local food.  Though the pressures of high volume organic producers continues and large retailers like Walmart are getting deeper into selling food which they can label local and organic,  it’s becoming easier for … Continue reading

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Buy Local goods in 2015

Make it a resolution to buy more locally crafted foods, arts, parts, and things in general in 2015.  Are the big chains  and the Walton family wealth something you identify with?  I’ll bet not,  so support your local merchants,  and … Continue reading

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It’s time to sign up your farm – and find local foods easily

Through some generous grant funding,  LocaleChesapeake.com  is able to establish QR codes and GTIN Bar-codes so that family farmers can easily get labels on their products that will help consumers find their farm.  For starters,  if you profile your farm,  … Continue reading

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New Technologies and New processes for “Local Food” in Maryland

http://www.marylandtedco.org/calendarofevents/detail.cfm?eventID=393 Link to this week’s event about aquaculture and technology for agriculture on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

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Hello Farmers and Consumers

Welcome to LocaleChesapeake;   a local food verification ,  and food safety compliance system.    We’ll publish technical info,  and we’ll link to other “local food”  participants in the middle atlantic states.

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