Agriculture & Food
Produce Park brings fresh fruit to a vacant lot in the...
A vacant lot in the Russell neighborhood has been transformed into a fruit-filled community orchard. This past Friday, July 15, community leaders and officials...
Louisville Food Cooperative invites public to help plan a Downtown-area grocery
Among the perennial concerns of Louisville urban dwellers is a lack of grocery stores in and around Downtown. But a group of citizens is...
New USDA fund could invest up to $100 million in rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday launched the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, which has the potential to invest as much as $100...
Traditional Vietnamese street food restaurant, Pho Ba Luu, to anchor East...
When you walk into the completed Pho Ba Luu restaurant later this year, you'll notice a fresh combination of old and new architecture. The...
Could an Appalachian food revival help revitalize a region’s economy?
Appalachian cuisine, which is quickly growing in popularity, could help revitalize a struggling economy, Jane Black reports for the Washington Post. "The foods of Central...
Russell hopes to grow a hundred new businesses with kitchen incubator...
Jay's Cafeteria was once a food hub for the Russell neighborhood, where sit-down restaurants remain a scarcity even today. But in less than a...
With development agreement, West Louisville FoodPort can move forward
The West Louisville FoodPort took a major step forward on Wednesday with the official signing of a development agreement between Metro Louisville, which provided...
How a small town in Kentucky revitalized its struggling Main Street...
A town of 7,300 in southeastern Kentucky has revitalized its downtown through a local-food renaissance. Corbin's main street, once filled with vacant buildings and...
Fresh local produce in January? Vertical indoor farm at the West...
One of the nation's leading vertical indoor farming companies, FarmedHere, today announced it would construct a major project at the West Louisville FoodPort. The...