Eat Locally - Southwestern Vermont - 2008 Challenge

September, 2007 marked the first official localvore challenge for southwestern Vermonters to spend a week eating only foods grown locally.

For 2008, we invite community members from the Massachusetts border up to Addison County, and from NY State over to Springfield, to join in and take the challenge. We're working on updating the website with food resources and workshops to take place strarting this spring.

To participate in the Eat Local Challenge, we urge you to eat locally produced foods during the third week of September, 2008.

The rules are simple - eat foods grown in VT or within 100 miles, but you are free to use unlimited spices from anywhere in the world, yeast, baking soda or powder. You also have 0-5 wildcards per day if you must have that cup of coffee, olive oil, or chocolate.

Please remember - there are no food police. We hope everyone will have fun and try their best to eat locally that week.

We will keep you posted in these pages about workshops, classes and more information about the potluck. Stay tuned!

Eat Local – Smart for you, smart for the community

Local food tastes good and is good for you
Local foods are picked closer to the time they are eaten and are high in vitamins and flavor
Local foods aren’t designed to travel, but for taste. Local foods are designed to be picked by a huge industrial machine
Eating foods that are less processed foods cuts out preservatives, colorings, and chemicals
Eating local can mean trying new foods and new varieties of fruits and vegetables
When you know the producers, you know the quality.
Socialize! Farm stands and farmer’s markets are a great place to see your neighbors. Create memories by making meals with friends, making jam with kids.

Local food builds community

Keep Vermont Green – help build sustainable agriculture
Spending locally reinvests in your community
Save the planet – shipping foods worldwide uses fossil fuels and adds to the cost to you, and to the planet.

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Eat Locally - Southwestern Vermont - 2008 Challenge

Local food tastes good and is good for you

Local foods are picked closer to the time they are eaten and are high in vitamins and flavor

Local foods aren’t designed to travel, but for taste. Local foods are designed to be picked by a huge industrial machine

Eating foods that are less processed foods cuts out preservatives, colorings, and chemicals

Eating local can mean trying new foods and new varieties of fruits and vegetables

When you know the producers, you know the quality.

Socialize! Farm stands and farmer’s markets are a great place to see your neighbors. Create memories by making meals with friends, making jam with kids.

Local food builds community

Keep Vermont Green – help build sustainable agriculture

Spending locally reinvests in your community

Save the planet – shipping foods worldwide uses fossil fuels and adds to the cost to you, and to the planet.