Locavores LOVE Eating Locally!
How would you feel eating only foods from within 100 miles of your home?
Coined by a Bay Area group, the term "locavore" refers to people who try to only eat food grown, processed and produced within a 100 mile radius of where they live.
Whether you call yourself a locavore or say that you are on the 100 Mile Diet, the concept of truly eating locally is starting to catch interest. Already gone organic but wish you could do more? You might want to give this concept a try! With just a few simple changes you can support local farmers and the economy near where you live, cut down on oil use and CO2 emissions, reduce the dominance of big agriculture and eat some really health and awesome food.
Learn More About Eating Locally - articles about locavorism and eating locally
Did you know that most food has to travel about 1,500 from production location to consumer? That's a lot of fuel consumed to move it and a fair amount of pollution along the way. Being a locavore can help lessen dependency on fossil fuels and cut down on that pollution. By supporting regional food production, many more varieties of fruits and vegetables are preserved and cultivated, which contributes towards saving the planet's biodiversity too.
- 'Locavores' Dine on Regional Chow -
Local, sustainable eating is a noble cause. As advocates like Alice Waters and Michael Pollan have labored to make clear, it's good for both eater and eaten, not to mention the economy and the planet. The 100-mile diet is perhaps the quickest and cle - The Lure of the 100-Mile Diet | TIME
If you live in the town of Athens in southeastern Ohio, there are politically correct reasons not to eat a California strawberry. Think of the pollution and the global warming caused by its transport.... - Locavores and 100 Mile Dieters: Sustainable, organic, local, ethical food movement
Eating locally is gaining converts and making me crazy. Why do we take a good idea and push it to illogical extremes? Eat only from a 100 mile radius? Seriously? - ENVIRONMENT IN FOCUS / Diet for a sustainable planet / The challenge: Eat locally for a month (You c
Diet for a sustainable planet, The challenge: Eat locally for a month (You can start practicing now) Olivia Wu, Chronicle Staff Writer, Wednesday, June 1, 2005 - 100 Mile Diet: Local Eating for Global Change
When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically traveled at least 1,500 miles from farm to plate. - Living on the 100-Mile Diet :: Life :: thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca, British Columbia's online source for News, Views, and Culture, published weekdays. - Time to Become a "Locavore"
Time to Become a "Locavore" Published on Monday, October 9, 2006 by the Seattle Times (Washington) - How to Eat Like a Locavore | Food & Wine
A new group of cooks is taking the "eat local" dictum to an extreme: They'll only buy ingredients produced within a 100-mile radius. - How to Be a Locavore / The Pennywise Eat Local Challenge, April 23-29
Read how a Bay Area locavore challenge was for three households. - Food Trends: Don't Just Eat Organic, Eat Local
For a growing number of food purists, eating organic is no longer enough. These days, eating locally grown food is just as important. - Become a locavore: Top reasons for eating locally grown food
One key strategy to eating nutritionally sound produce is to make sure it is grown locally. When you shop at a farmer's market or pick-your-own farm, you're rewarded by some of the best-tasting fruits and vegetables Mother Nature has to offer.
Seasonal Eating
One tip for helping to become a locavore is to learn to eat seasonally. This means only eating food when it is fresh and in season, and giving it up for those times of the year when it's not locally available.
Joining a local CSA or organic vegetable service is a great way to start switching over to seasonal eating.
Locavore Books
Here are some great books from folks who've actually put the concept of eating locally to the test! There are some great stories here as well as a lot of very helpful advice for if you decide to make this a part of your lifestyle.
Join The Cow Pool!
If you want to have fresh milk and meat, consider buying into partial ownership of a cow at a local farm. This practice is called "cow pooling" and can also be done with pigs. Check to see if any organic farms in your area offer this great option.
Farmers' Markets - the best local eating
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Local Eating Groups
These organizations and websites are working to promote local eating in their regional areas.
Please email me if you have a group in your area that I don't have listed here!
- Locavores
Join the Locavores in a celebration of our local food cornucopia -- eat locally this August! - SF/Bay Area - Welcome to Eat Local
Eat Local is a new food concept offering chef-prepared organic and wholesome meals, gourmet in preparation and frozen for convenience. - 100 Mile Diet: Local Eating for Global Change
When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically traveled at least 1,500 miles from farm to plate. - www.eatlocalchallenge.com
www.eatlocalchallenge.com is a group blog on local eating - Do the 100 mile diet on 43 Things
Join other people who want to do the 100 mile diet - Local food | Soil Association producer services
Organic food, organic farming: Soil Association is campaigning for organic food, organic farming and sustainable forestry. - Regional Food Online
Local eating in Australia - The Food Project: Blast Youth Initiative
Eat In, Act Out Week is an annual event to encourage communities to eat locally and think critically about their food choices - Upper Valley Localvores
Upper Valley Localvores is a unincorporated community group formed to support and celebrate eating food from our region: New Hampshire and Vermont, specifically along the Connecticut River. - MAD RIVER VALLEY Localvore Project
Eat Locally - Spice Globally! - Food and Faith: How to be a locavore
Thirteen plant foods can be grown successfully anywhere in the continental United States. These can be eaten locally and in season without needing to import them from afar. - How To Be a Yelp Locavore - Washington DC
If challenged to consume only food grown or harvested within 100 miles of your 'hood, could you do it? Should you do it? What would compel you even to try and be a locavore - concern for the environment, support of local farmers, the promise of fresh
Start Your Own Garden!
Growing your own vegetables can be a rewarding and cost-effective way of getting local and organic produce. Learn more about container and backyard gardening.
Locavore is Word of the Year for 2007!
The Oxford University Press picked "locavore" as their Word of the Year for 2007!
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