farm-to-table

Also farm-to-fork

[fahrm-tuh-tey-buhl]

adjective

1. noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants.

   farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.

2. noting or relating to the stages involved in the growing, processing, and consumption of food.

   farm-to-table policies.

Word History and Origins

Origin of farm-to-table¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Vineyard tastings, chef-led classes and farm-to-table experiences have become the new playgrounds for grownups.

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Vineyard tastings, chef-led classes and farm-to-table experiences have become the new playgrounds for grownups.

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After a couple of hours, he and his fellow campgoers were met with a farm-to-table breakfast spread in the vineyard.

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His farm-to-table approach, he says, was to cook the way "my mother and grandmother did".

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And like here in Sioux City, you have agriculture as far as the eye can see, and as far as you can drive in every direction, and we don't have a farm-to-market or farm-to-table restaurant.

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