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Whole Foods Submits Products for Non-GMO Verification
We all want to buy local and organic produce whenever possible, and that’s getting easier as many grocery stores now label their fruits and vegetables.
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19th St & Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94110
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Kike on a Bike
Local food cart, Moroccan influenced food. Merguez, roasted eggplant, tomato coulis, harissa, all made from scratch.
Saturday, October 24, 11:00 PM
341 Dartmouth Ave
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Local Event
SWARTHMORE FOOD FESTIVAL
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
Food Documentary: Ingredients
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
Buy Local Food
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).
Article/Tip
Ten Ways to Green Your Grocery Shopping
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
Support Local Food Production
Purchase locally grown food at Farmers Markets to reduce the amount of resources used to transport food. Develop neighborhood and community gardens.
Long Beach, CA
Local Challenge
Shop Local
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).
San Francisco, CA
Local Article/Tip
The Ultimate in Eating Local: My Adventures in Urban Foraging
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
Category Discussion: Local Food & Agriculture
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.
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