A comprehensive compilation of entries illuminates the key trends, activities, and themes in organic, sustainable, and local food, covering consumers, organizations, farming, policies, and much more. • 150 comprehensive, A–Z entries cover all aspects of organic food and farming, local food production and consumption, and sustainable food initiatives • A chronology of the years 1860–2009 includes over 40 events, detailing the history and evolution of organic and local food • 30 photographs depict current themes in sustainable farming and organic/local food • A bibliography lists key references for readers who wish to follow up on a specific theme