Boston Local Food Festival

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Boston Local Food Festival

Boston Local Food Festival generated over 5,000,000 gross media impressions and was featured in top blogs, print media, TV news, the web and newsletters

Here is a sample of our past coverage.

2016 Media

• The Clean Food Club “Boston Local Food Festival 2016” (9/25/2016)
• The Heights “Food Festival Draws Crowds to Local and Sustainable Options” (9/22/2016)
• Boston Magazine “Photos from the 2016 Boston Local Food Festival” (9/19/2016)
• Boston.com, “13 New England farmers markets and food festivals to visit this fall” (9/16/2016)
• BostonEater.com, “Tacos & Tequila; Presidential Debate Specials; More” (9/16/2016)
• Boston Globe “The Weekender: Fun in the steadily dwindling sun” (9/15/2016)
• BostonInno, “BostInno Approved: What’s Fun in Boston the Weekend of Sept. 15” (9/15/2016)
• The Huntington News “Event Calendar: Sept. 15-21” (9/15/2016)
• The Leominster Champion “OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO” (9/2/2016)
• The Boston Herald “Fairs and Festivals in eastern Massachusetts”. (8/17/2016)
• Student.com, “Food In Boston: The Student’s Guide” (4/1/2016)

2015 Media

• Around Town, Boston Neighborhood Network TV, “Around Town: Cuts and Curls / Boston Food Festival” (10/28/2015)
• Baystate Banner, ” Focus on Sustainable Food “ (09/30/2015)
• www.theodysseyonline.com, “Boston Local Food Festival Is About More Than Just Food” (9/29/2015)
• www.hercampus.com, “Boston Loca; Food Festival” (9/25/2015)
• Huntington News, “Boston hosts  local  food festival” (9/24/2015)
• Boston Mom’s Blog “Eat and Celebrate Local: A Sampling of Fall Foods and Festivities in Massachusetts” (9/22/2015)
• Boston Metro, “Foodie horde hits local grub fest on the Greenway”, (9/20/2015)
• The Crimson Crave, “ Our Favorite Foods from the 2015 Boston Local Food Festival” (9/20/2015)
• Northend Waterfront, “ Boston Local Food Festival on the Greenway [Photos]” (9/20/2015
• El Planeta, “DOMINGO: Llega el Local Food Festival al Greenway de Boston” (9/18/2015)
• Boston Magazine online, “ Five Reasons to Leave the House This Weekend: Including outdoor movies in Allston, the Boston Local Food Festival, MixFest, and more.” (09/17/2015)
• BostonInno, “BostInno Approved: What To Do This Weekend 9/18/15” (9/17/2015)
• Dig Boston, “ DIG THIS: LET’S DANCE BOSTON, PHOENIX LANDING 20TH ANNIVERSARY, BOSTON LOCAL FOOD FEST”, (9/16/2015)
• Lowell Sun, “Tasty events a short drive away” (09/15/2015)
• Boston Magazine “Free things to do in Boston, September, 2015” (8/31/2015)
• The Patch, “6th Annual Boston Local Food Festival” (8/31/2015)
• Things Magazine, “A Spetember Events Guide” (8/29/16)
• Edible Boston,”Boston Local Food Festival” (Summer, 2015)
• Natural Awakenings, “6th Annual Boston Local Food Festival” (Summer, 2015)
• Food Solutions New England, “6th Annual Boston Local Food Festival” (Summer, 2015)
• CISA,”Boston Local Food Festival” (Summer, 2015)

2014 Media

• Caught in Southie, “Weekend Picks: September 12th” (9/12/2014)
• 90.9 WBUR, “Farm Freshness in an Urban Sprawl: Annual Food Festival Gets Cookin’ Sunday” (9/12/2014)
• Metro, “Boston Local Food Festival to Highlight New England-Grown Grub on Greenway” (9/11/2014)
• BostInno, “New England’s Largest One-Day Farmers Market is Happening this Weekend in Boston” (9/11/2014)
• BostInno, “BostInno Approved: What to Do This Weekend 9/11/2014” (9/11/2014)
• The Boston Globe, “Boston-area to do List” (9/11/2014)
• The Heights, “Upcoming Festival to Feature Local Food” (9/10/2014)
• Boston.com, “Weekend Event Picks, Sept. 12-14” (9/10/2014)
• The Boston Globe, ” 5 Things to do in Boston from Sept. 7 to 14″ (9/7/2014)
• Rovia, “Fall Festivals; Boston Local Food Festival — Sept. 14, 2014”
• Examiner.com, “2 Things you Won’t Want to Miss in Early September!” (9/3/2014)
• Examiner.com, “6 Boston Food Events Not to Miss” (9/3/2014)
• Boston Magazine, “12 Free Things to do in Boston, September 2014” (9/2/2014)
• Examiner.com, “September is a Time to Enjoy Festivals in New England” (8/6/2014)
• The New York Times, “Events of 2014, From Food to Art to Music” (1/8/2014)

2014 Blogs and Other Mentions

• Boston Food Swap, “1000 Words: Boston Local Food Fest 2014” (9/22/2014)
• Freight Farms Blog, “We’re Talking Trash… in a Zero Waste Kind of Way” (9/16/2014)
• Blogger Orlea Miller, “Boston’s Local Food Festival: Celebrating Food from Our Backyard” (9/15/2014)
• BosGuy, “5th Annual Boston Local Food Festival Today” (9/14/2014)
• Just Add Cooking, “Is Local Better?” (9/11/2014)
• RoamRight Travel Tips & News Blog, “Top US Food Festivals to Attend This Fall” (9/9/2014)
• Community Servings, “Recipes; Seared Cusk with Rustic Tomato-Fennel & Italian Sausage Stew” 

2013 Media

• Suffolk Journal, “Apple and pumpkin themed foods fill the bellies of Bostonians at Boston Local Food Festival” (10/9/2013)
• Boston Magazine, “Photos: Boston Local Food Festival 2013” (10/7/2013)
• Boston.com, “Boston Local Food Festival 2013” (10/7/2013)
• Northendwaterfront.com, “Rain Couldn’t Hold Back the Boston Local Food Festival” (10/7/2013)
• BostInno.com, “Celebrate the Harvest Season with The Boston Local Food Festival and Area Farmers Markets” (10/6/2013)
• Boston.com, “Weekend event picks, Oct. 4-6 GET YA FOOD HERE”(10/3/2013)
• Boston Magazine, “Five Reasons to Leave the House This Weekend”(10/3/2013)
• Boston Magazine, “Your Plan of Attack for the Boston Local Food Festival This Weekend” (10/3/2013)
• Boston Globe, “Boston-area to do list” (10/3/2013)
• Boston Globe, “Boston Area To Do List- Pick of the Day” (10/3/2013)
• Lowell Sun, “Fall into Festivals” (9/27/2013)
• Examiner.com, “Celebrate local bounty on Oct. 6 at Boston Local Food Festival” (9/26/2013)
• Baystate Banner, “Boston Local Food Festival – Calling all area food enthusiasts!” (9/24/2013)
• Boston Magazine, “Edible Events: Late Summer, Early Fall Edition”(9/12/2013)
• Yankee Magazine, “Best Fall Food Festivals in New England” (September, 2013)
• Boston.com, “Local Food Festival Returns to Rose Kennedy Greenway in October” (8/26/2013)
• Party Earth, “Red, White, and Green: Best American Eco-Friendly Fests”(7/9/2013)
• What’s On Foodie, “Boston Local Food Festival” (5/29/2013)

2013 Blogs and Other Mentions

• Livin’ Local: A Farmers Market Blog, “Boston Local Food Festival 2013”(10/13/2013)
• Mass Great Outdoors Blog, “Eat and Learn Boston Local Food Festival”(10/3/2013)
• NU Student Life, “Boston Local Food Festival: This Sunday” (10/2/2013)
• The PescoVegetarian Times, “Celebrate “October Feast” in Boston”(9/23/2013)
• Balanced Rock Investment, “Boston Local Food Festival – 10/6/2013”(9/16/2013)
• The Boston Day Book, “Boston Local Food Festival” (9/10/2013)

2013 Online Photos

• Amilia Photography, “Boston Local Food Festival 2013” (10/11/2013)
• Boston Magazine, “Photos: Boston Local Food Festival 2013” (10/7/2013)

2012 Media

• BU Daily Free Press: Boston Local Food Festival: Creating locomotion for “locavore” movement
• Fenway-KenmorePatch, “Things to Know in Fenway-Kenmore Today, Oct. 5: Boston Local Food Festival”, (10/5/12)
• Grubstreet Boston, “Boston Local Food Festival This Weekend”, (10/5/12)
• Patriot Ledger, “Boston Local Food Festival will showcase Massachusetts chefs and products Sunday” (10/3/2012)
• Boston Magazine, “Your Plan of Attack for the Boston Local Food Festival This Weekend”, (10/3/12)
• Boston.com, Parent Buzz, “Boston Local Food Festival, Boston, Oct. 7” (10/3/12)
• Thrillist “Local Craft Brewfest 2012, Drink, like, infinity beers on the Waterfront” (10/2/2012)
• Northeast Flavor Magazine, Flavor of the Month [October]: Boston Local Food Festival (10/2/2012)
• Natural Awakenings, Boston MA Edition, Local Craft Brewfest and Boston Local Food Festival This Month
• Metro Newspaper, “Thursty: Metro shares the best of the beer fests” (9/27/2012)
• CBS Boston, “Boston’s Best Fall Festivals” (09/03/12)
• BizBash, Boston’s Top 100 Events (August, 2012)
• The Kendall Hotel, “Enjoy the Taste of New England at the Boston Local Food Festival” (08/30/12)
• The Boston Globe, “Three great N.E. destinations for scenery, food” (08/19/2012)
• Boston.com, “Menino celebrates Boston Local Food Festival Kick-off” (06/28/2012)

2012 Blog and other Mentions

• Clear Harmony, “United States: Introducing Falun Gong at Boston Local Food Festival” (10/19/2012)
• Barrett and Company, Andrew, “Review of Boston Local Food Festival 2012” (10/15/2012)
• FoodserviceEast, “Boston Local Food Festival estimates attendance this year at 40,000+ – not bad on a day with the threat of rain” (10/15/2012)
• Review of Boston Local Food Festival 2012 (10/12/2012) by Andrew Bass
• Table of Two, The Local Craft BrewFest 2012 Part 2: Sodas & Shenanigans (10/12/2012)
• The Rose F. Kennedy, “Boston Local Food Fest” (October, 2012)
• Juniper Disco, “Boston Local Food Festival 2012” (10/10/12)
• Foodista on Pointe, “Experiencing Boston’s local flavors on the Greenway” (10/10/12)
• Boston Local Food Festival Photos From Over the Weekend (10/9/2012)
• Real Food. Real Deals, “Boston Local Food Festival”, (10/9/12)
• Fartootempting Baked Beans From Breakwind Farm (10/9/2012)
• Little Word Bites, “A Little Word on the Boston Local Food Festival”(10/8/12)
• A Girl and her Mutt, Erin, “Weekend Recap: Local Love!” (10/8/12)
• Food for Thought, JoAnne Starks, “A Chef’s Assistant Debrief on the Boston Local Food Festival” (10/8/2012)
• The Nutrition Doctor is in the Kitchen, “The Nutrition Doctor is on Location: Boston Local Food Festival” (Video) (10/8/2012)
• James Topping Music, “Boston Local Food Festival and Beyond!” (10/8/12)
• I Train Therefore I Eat, “Boston Local Food Festival, Happy Columbus Day!” (10/8/12)
• BosGuy, “Boston Local Food Festival” (10/8/12)
• Eat Fell Fresh, “Boston Local Food Festival: A Puppy’s Local Eating Adventure” (10/7/12) 
• The Beantown Bloggery, “Boston Local Food Festival – 10/7” (10/4/12)
• Pop.Bop.Shop, “Explore: Boston Local Food Festival” (10/7/12)
• The PescoVegetarian Times, “Scenes from the 2012 Boston Local Food Festival” (10/7/12) 
• From Seed to Stomach, Today, Boston Local Food Festival (10/7/2012)
• Because of Water, THE BOSTON LOCAL FOOD FESTIVAL IS THIS SUNDAY! (10/6/2012)
• Boston Green Blog, “boston local food festival is on sunday” (10/5/2012)
• Boston Magazine, Boston Daily, 5 Reasons to Leave the House this Weekend (10/4/2012)
• Adams Hospitality and Tourism Blog, Boston Local Food Festival set for Sunday (10/4/2012)
• Beacon Hill Patch, Hill Hotel & Bistro Executive Chef Josh Lewin to Demo at Boston Local Food Festival (10/4/2012)
• BostonInno, BostInno Approved: Weekend Edition (10/4/2012)
• Neighbors of Greater Grove Hall, An online community for residents of Dorchester and Roxbur: 3rd Boston Local Food Festival (10/4/2012)
• Coffee Meets Bagel, Date Inspirations: Boston’s Local Craft Brewfest & Food Festival (10/3/2012)
• Every Block, Boston Local Food Festival (BLFF) (10/3/2012)
• Spilling the Beans: To Picks via Boston Central (10/4/2012)
• The Bucket List, Boston Local Food Festival: Local Flavor on The Greenway (10/2/2012)
• NAMA, Fish Stock and Seafood Throwdown (October, 2012)
• Boston Public Market Newsletter, 2012 Boston Local Food Festival (October, 2012)
• Suffolk University S.O.U.L.S. Center for Community Engagement (10/1/2012)
• Sustainable Milton, Boston Local Food Festival – Sunday, October 7, 2012 (October, 2012) Boston Local Food Festival 2o12 
• Loving Spoonfuls: Boston Local Food Festival (October, 2012)
• About.com: Calendar of October Events in Boston (October, 2012)
• Lowell Sun Online, (October, 2012)
• So Pick a Party, SBN’s Boston Local Food Festival Presents: 3rd Annual Local Craft Brewfest (October, 2012)
• Boston Night Lifer (October, 2012)
• Massvacation: Culinary Tourism (October, 2012)
• The Knurd, Fun without Hangover, Boston Local Food Festival (October, 2012)
• Kombucha Fuel, DIY Demo Booths at the Boston Local Food Festival (09/29/12)
• Gal Time, Local Food Festival Brings Boston Together (09/27/2012)
• Tufts Office of Sustainability, Boston Local Food Festival (09/24/2012)
• Tufts Office of Sustainability, Local Craft Brewfest (9/24/2012)
• Corn in July, Boston Local Food Festival, 09/24/2012
• The PescoVegetarian Times, Bountiful Crop of Events for Boston Foodies in October (9/23/2012)
• Eating Places, Red Fire Farm: over a decade of locally-grown organic produce (09/19/2012)
• Boston Rookie, Local Craft Brewfest + Giveaway (09/18/2012)
• Leeder Management, 3rd Boston Local Food Festival, (09/11/2012) 
• Trace and Trust: Boston Local Food Festival highlights Chef Rich Garcia and his support of Trace and Trust
• Pragmatic Environmentalism.com, Interview with Save That Stuff’s Adam Mitchell (8/24/2012)
• Boston’s love of local food, farmers, and vendors galore! (08/9/2012)
• Natural Awakenings, Boston Local Food Festival Welcomes Vendors (June, 2012)
• City of Boston, Local Food Festival 2012 Kickoff (Video) ( 6/28/2012)
• CAPABILITY : MOM, “Boston Local Food Festival” (06/28/2012)
• Upcoming Yahoo Things to Do (03/19/2012)

• Boston Echo Photos on Facebook
• Urban Homesteader Kimi Cerison demos how to make sauerkraut
• Meat Cutting Demo with Chef Jason Bond from Bondir 
• Chef Bondir at Boston Local Food Festival 

2011 Print and Online News:

• The Daily Free Press, “The Month of the Herbivore” (10/11/11)
• Jamaica Plain Patch, “Fall Eats in JP” (10/10/11)
• The Tufts Daily, “Captured: Boston Local Food Festival” (10/10/11)
• PerishableNews.com, “Mass. Lobstermen Adopt Commonwealth Quality Seal to Promote Their Catch” (10/7/11)
• Somerville Local First, “Boston Local Food Festival 2011: A Photo Tour” (10/7/11)
• The Tufts Daily, “Saturday’s festival makes local shopping appetizing” (10/7/11)
• Boston University’s buquad.com, “Eat, Play, Love: Boston Local Food Festival a Hit” (10/5/2011)
• Boston.com, “Boston Local Food Festival” and photo gallery (10/4/2011)
• Dinner Series, “Other (Less Mobile) Highlights From the Boston Local Food Festival 2011” (10/3/11)
• Public Radio Kitchen, “Boston Local Food Festival Draws a Crowd” (10/3/11)
• Public Radio Kitchen, “A Preview of the Boston Local Food Festival” (9/30/2011)
• Boston.com, “Your Weekend in South Boston” (9/30/2011)
• Boston Globe/Boston.com, “New England Fall Festivals” September, 2011
• Boston Herald, “Fast Food: Going Local” (9/28/11)
• DidiEmmons.com, “Didi at Boston Local Food Festival” (September)
• Bostonchefs.com, “Stick Around for the Boston Local Food Festival” September, 2011

2011 Blogs and Other Mentions:

• Super Duper Fantastic, “Going Local: Boston Local Food Fest 2011” (10/17/11)
• Patriot Ledger, “Mass. Market: Direct sales helping bottom line for lobstermen” (10/15/11)
• The Boston Foodie (10/13/11)
• Pragmatic Environmentalism, “Festival Recycling: 3 Lessons Learned” (10/7/11)
• Eat Well With Janel, “Boston Local Food Festival” (10/7/11)
• Fitness & Feta, “Boston Local Food Festival” (10/6/2011)
• Isaaks of Salem, “Mead at The Boston Local Food Festival 2011” (10/4/11)
• Paper Blog, “Boston Local Food Festival” (10/3/11)
• nobomagazine.com, “Boston Local Food Festival: FREE TODAY!” (10/1/2011)
• Medford Patch weekend calendar (9/30/11)
• Improper Bostonian weekend calendar (9/30/11)
• NAMAnet.com (9/30/2011)
• The Boston Day Book, “Boston Local Food Festival” (9/29/11)
• City’s Best weekend calendar (9/29/11)
• Mysecretboston.com’s Fork & Dagger blog, “Field Trip: Graze your way through the Boston Local Food Festival” (9/28/2011)
• From Seed to Stomach, “Attn Boston Foodies!” (9/28/11)
• BeHealthyBoston.com, “2nd Annual Boston Local Food Festival 2011: Celebrate Food We Will” (9/28/2011)
• Examiner.com, “2nd Annual Boston Local Food Festival this Weekend” (9/27/11)
• The Providence Journal calendar (9/24/11)
• BestThingSinceSlicedBread.com, “Frame: Boston Local Food Festival” (9/25/2011)
• BostonChefs.com (9/19/11)
• Enterprise Farm newsletter (9/19/11)
• Boston Public Market Association newsletter (9/19/11)
• MyDorchester.com,”Boston Local Food Festival Oct. 1″ (9/16/2011)
• Slowfoodboston.com, September, 2011
• Boston Restaurant Talk (9/22/11)
• Kombucha Fuel (9/21/11)
• Bug Hill Farm (9/15/11)
• Kathy Can Cook (8/24/11)
• Innovation District blog (8/5/11)
• Boston City Search Blog, “Local Love Runneth Over: Boston Local Food Festival Hits Fort Point 10/2” (9/17/10)
• A Thought for Food (8/14/11)
• Town.net (9/27/11)
• Groundwork Somerville calendar (9/25/11)
• Culture Cheese Magazine (9/25/11)
• About.com’s Boston October events (9/25/11)
• Eviesays.com (9/25/11)
• Boston Natural Areas Network (9/25/11)
• Localwineevents.com (9/24/11)
• Sustainable Arlington (9/24/11)
• The Providence Journal calendar (9/24/11)
• Public Radio Kitchen (9/22/11)
• Boston Event Guide (9/21/11)
• Starthereboston.com calendar (9/20/11)
• Tufts Office of Sustainability (9/20/11)
• NAMA Events section (9/20/11)
• How2Heroes calendar (9/20/11)
• City of Boston calendar (9/19/11)
• Events.org (9/19/11)
• Boston Central calendar (9/18/11)
• Purefections News section (9/15/11)
• Off Manhattan: Food Festivals section (9/8/11)
• CBS Boston: Local Food Festivals (8/17/11)
• Food Service East, “Boston Local Food Festival returns October” (08/09/11)

2011 Advertorial

• Bay State Banner Advertorial (6/16/11)

2010 Media

• Bay State Banner, “Banner Biz Q & A” (6/23/10)
• Fox 25 TV News – Boston, “Boston Local Food Festival” (9/16/2010)
• GreenTech Boston, “Local Food Festival a First for Boston” (9/16/10)
• The Boston Globe, G Force, “Good For Business, Good For You”  (9/29/2010)
• The Daily Candy, “The Weekend Guide: Boston Events and Diversions” (9/30/10)
• Massachusetts Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs, “Agricultural and Fish and Game Officials Celebrate Boston Local Food Festival Tomorrow” (10/1/10)
• Good Morning Gloucester, “Seafood Throwdown at the Boston Local Food Festival on Saturday” (10/2/10)
• The Harvard Crimson, “Boston Local Food Festival” (10/4/10)
• Suffolk Journal Newspaper, “Eat Local, Eat Natural” (10/7/10)
• The Boston Globe, “A Fish Frenzy at the Food Fest” (10/13/10)
• Scott Soarse, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, “The Great Outdoors” (10/13/10)
• Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA), “Boston Local Food Festival”

2010 Blogs

• A Girl and her Mutt Blog, “Go Local, Boston Local Food Festival” (10/2/10)
• BellyGlad Blog, “Boston Local Food Festival in Photos” (10/2/10)
• Full time Foodie Blog, “Boston Local Food Festival – Part 1” (10/2/10)
• Once Upon a Small Boston Kitchen Blog, “A Deliciously Fun Day at the Boston Local Food Festival” (10/2/10)
• Good Cook Doris! Blog, “Lovely Day for Local Food” (10/3/10)
• Travel, Wine, and Dine Blog, “Local is Best” (10/3/10)
• Confessions of a Chocoholic Blog, “Boston Local Food Fest” (10/3/10)
• A Fete for Food Blog, “Boston’s First Local Food Festival” (10/3/10)
• Full time Foodie Blog, “Boston Local Food Festival – Part 2” (10/4/10)
• A Boston Food Diary Blog, “Locally Featured: Boston Local Food Festival” (10/4/10)
• Food on the Food Blog, “Boston Local Food Fest” (10/4/10)
• The PescoVegetarian Times Blog, “Boston Local Food Festival Brings Bostonians Together to Meet and Eat” (10/4/10)
• Don’t (White) Sugar-coat Blog, “Boston Local Food Festival” (10/4/10)
• Lighter and Local Blog, “Boston Local Food Festival” (10/4/10)
• Wicked Domestic Blog, “Boston Local Food Festival”(10/5/10)
• The Hungry Crafter, “More Food, More Festival” (10/6/10)

201o Newsletters:

• BostonUSA.com, “Just as the Leave Fall for Boston”
• Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, fall 2010