farm-to-table

adjective

farm-to-ta·​ble ˈfärm-tə-ˈtā-bəl 

variants or less commonly farm to table

: involving or advocating the direct sale and distribution of food (such as raw meat, vegetables, and grains) from its point of origin to customers

Farm-to-table food takes fewer routes to get to your plate …

—Isha Kasai, quoted in The Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)

This California company raises its own meat on a ranch in the Shasta Valley and runs farm-to-table restaurants and butcher shops on the West Coast.

—Florence Fabricant

The farm-to-table movement emphasizes the importance of local farmers, their cultivation techniques, and the nutritional value of freshly harvested produce.

—Corrie Duffy

They strive to grow as much as their food as they can from a large organic garden on the property. Which means they serve up some delicious farm to table cuisine.

—Natasha Alden

Examples of farm-to-table in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Food and drink Local, decadent, and farm-to-table, Black Sage, the property's only restaurant, invites you to dine on Southern Utah cuisine with presentation as lovely as the flavors. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026

Much of that supply comes from Barham Family Farms out of Kearney, the source for several farm-to-table restaurants in Kansas City. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026

But Kissimmee’s cattle ranchers were free-ranging their animals before the modern farm-to-table movement seized the narrative. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

But a record shows Fishers of Men received a $30,120 grant from the city's Food Justice Fund on behalf of the Oasis Project — a farm-to-table program under the Bible Center Church in Homewood. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above