Can you fill your plate locally?
Sometimes the produce aisle is right in your own backyard.
Up for a bit of a culinary challenge? Along with 79 co-ops nationwide, Albany's Honest Weight Co-op is hosting the Eat Local America challenge this summer. Basically, they're inviting people to try to consume about 80 percent of their diets from locally-grown or locally-produced food.
The challenge begins August 15 and ends September 15. If you want to participate, stop by the co-op and sign up. From there you're on your own. Local products are being defined as those produced within 100 miles of the Capital Region. The co-op will have a local food brochure at its service desk and local products throughout the store will be marked with a blue ribbon.
Luckily for 518ers, we've got an abundance of farmers markets to check out. There's also a surprising number of locally-produced, delicious food stuffs. There are all the products at local farmers' markets, of course -- but also think places such as Bilinskis, Buddhapesto and many of the other items AOA has featured.
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The fancy people at The Splendid Table (radio show) have been running what they call "Locavore National" for almost a year now.
"Locavore Nation is a year-long effort to see what it takes to live by a regionally based diet.
Join us as 15 individuals from around the country share their experiences as they try to get 80 percent of their food from local, organic, seasonal sources and then incorporate it into tasty, healthy meals. Can they do it? Check back often as their stories unfold—and offer your comments on their actions along the way. Or follow along on-air as our participants check in periodically with Lynne."
http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/locavore_nation/
and if the people at Capital District Community Gardens would be more flexible, our community garden may have produced past August. sigh, the perils of "organic" gardening.
... said Matt Walczak on Aug 13, 2008 at 11:30 AM | link