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

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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The pending elimination of the farm-to-table program is bad enough and one concern among many, he said.

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The mythic image of the peasant kitchen also shows up in other parts of the food world, especially in recent years, as “slow food” and farm-to-table cooking have exploded into the mainstream.

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Mohammed Sarnwal, opened The Farmhouse restaurant in Coventry in 2008 and focuses on locally-sourced, farm-to-table ingredients.

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