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341 Dartmouth Ave
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Local Event
Celebrate Local Food Producers & Growers. Sample foods and Interact with farmers & producers from our region. Meet the Mid-Atlantic BBQ Champions and sample award winning BBQ .Bring the kids for storytelling, pumpkin painting, learn how to make butter and much more. Enjoy music by local artists
Article/Tip
Ingredients - "A new documentary from writer and director Robert Bates, explores the passion and commitment of small farmers and chefs at the forefront of the local, sustainable food movement. "
Challenge
Shop at a farmer’s market or store selling locally-produced food that hasn’t traveled hundreds or thousands of miles to get to your table. (Snap a shot of yourself with a farmer or grocer).
620 19th St
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Local Event
Old fashioned kind of shopping for the holidays in the heart of the VA Beach Resort. Gift certificates and market bags available and make great gifts!
Long Beach, CA
Local Challenge
Visit a nearby farmer’s market or store selling locally-produced food. Veggies and fruits that haven't traveled hundreds or thousands of miles to get to your table not only cut down on emissions, but taste great too. (Snap a shot of yourself with a local farmer or grocer or with the delicious meal you prepared with locally-grown food).
Article/Tip
Following are ten principles to greener grocery shopping that will help you make the easiest, healthiest decisions possible without spending all day (and all your money) at the store.
Albuquerque, NM
Local Challenge
Purchase locally grown food at Farmers Markets to reduce the amount of resources used to transport food. Develop neighborhood and community gardens.
San Francisco, CA
Local Article/Tip
As money has gotten tight and the local-foods movement more popular, urban foraging has become a hit. I spent a day with one forager in San Francisco.
City Rankings Article
Local food and agriculture help communities become more self-sufficient and less reliant on food transported great distances using fossil fuels. Local food is also fresher, often has more nutrients, and requires less packaging and refrigeration than food that must be shipped long distances. Local food purchases also recirculate money back into the regional economy, as farmers' market revenues are typically re-spent locally. Finally--not to beat a dead horse--local food resources provide resilience for cities in the face of potential fuel shortages or truckers' strikes.
Oklahoma City, OK
Local Challenge
Visit a nearby farmer’s market or store selling locally-produced food. Veggies and fruits that haven't traveled hundreds or thousands of miles to get to your table not only cut down on emissions, but taste great too. (Snap a shot of yourself with a local farmer or grocer or with the delicious meal you prepared with locally-grown food).
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