Join the Eat Local Challenge!
November is Eat Local Challenge month at the Co-op, when we encourage everyone to reflect even more deeply how much the sustainability and security of our communities comes down to how strongly we can reinforce the ties that bind us to this locale. For a Co-op like ours, we recognize the value and importance of the farmers and producers around us.
To emphasize this interdependence, enliven discussion, and enjoin participation, we have hosted an Eat Local Challenge the past two years. Here are ideas for actually participating in creating a world that is more sustainable and interdependent.
We invite you to participate in any of a number of ways. Start by just taking a look at what’s in your pantry or on the table tonight for supper. Where did it all come from? What is available now, in this season, from local farmers and producers? For the holidays, where will you buy your gifts and where will they be made?
Listed below are some of the events and resources you can discover as you and your family embark of this journey of new possibilities.
- List of local produce and producers available at the Co-op
- Some more sites with information about eating local–the hows and whys
So join in. Save the planet together, carrot by carrot.
“Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in.”
- Frances Moore Lappé
Here’s a prospective schedule of seasonal ELC events:
FEBRUARY/MARCH: ELC and Simmering Pot-luck; Sharing Basic Recipes (incl. cost of prep)
APRIL/MAY: Seed Selection, Planting Strategies, and Community Garden Cultivation; Farm Tours
JULY/AUGUST: Local Foods BBQ and Music Fest; Canning/Preserving Workshop; Farm Tours
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER: Farm Tours; Fall Food & Wine Festival (Taste of the Peninsula); Community Harvest Potluck Supper and Panel Discussion
Blue Hill Co-op Community Market and Café