Safeway Launches 'Buy Local' Initiative

"Nearly a third of Safeway's produce comes from local sources. In California, that number is even greater, roughly 45%," the company says in its release. "This new initiative will direct our customers to our extensive selection of premium-quality, locally grown produce at competitive prices," it adds, and "means that shoppers can find more local produce than at a typical farmer's market."

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Frito-Lay pitches its Lay's potato chips as locally made

Mass-y mass brand Lay's jumps on the locavore trend:

On Tuesday, Frito-Lay (PEP) will unveil an unlikely marketing strategy for its Lay's brand chips that focuses on the 80 "local" farmers from 27 states who grow the potatoes used to make its chips. In a new world of better-for-you food concerns, it's not about chips being fun to eat. It's about chips being local.

And trackable. A tech toy at Lays.com dubbed Chip Tracker will let folks see where any bag of chips was made. Type in the first three digits of the product code on the bag and your ZIP code and out pops the location of the plant.

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Lookin' for Some Local Loving (or at least food) - Become a Locavore

iPhone/iPod + Local Food = Awesome

"The $2.99 app is a great resource for anyone who's a farmer's market regular, offering government and non-profit data arranged in easy-read, timer-style pie charts on what's in-season in your state."

Check it out.