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These days, where your food comes from is just as important--and interesting--as what it is. Urban gardens, hotel-top beehives, and local nose-to-tail restaurants are changing D.C.'s food scene from the bland steakhouses of the 1980s to something garnering--and deserving--national attention. Meanwhile, urban gardeners and innovative programs are working to get fresh food to those who need it most.

Features

Edible garden installation company turns tiny yards, black thumbs into fresh veggies

Tapping into a growing trend of local, organic food, Meredith Sheperd's for-profit business, Love & Carrots, helps urban residents get the localest of local foods--from their own backyards.

New online grocers put local food a click away

Online grocery-shopping company Relay Foods expands its D.C. presence, bringing local farms direct to customers' doors.

A chef's scheme to get D.C. to eat its veggies

MicroGreens started last year in one D.C. school, teaching 10 middle-schoolers to cook for a family of four for under $3.50 a meal. But founder Alli Sosna has big plans, and she won't stop until every student in America knows how to wield a knife, julienne carrots, and roast a chicken.

Chefs go fishing for sustainable menus

Hundreds of D.C.-area chefs are boarding boats on the Chesapeake Bay to see firsthand how the local fare is harvested, and what makes it menu-worthy.
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