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From the lens Locavores LOVE Eating Locally!.

Let's hear about your local eating efforts and resources! (all comments must be approved and will have HTML stripped out of them)

  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Apr 29, 2012 @ 2:34 pm | delete
    I am on the quest and have accepted this challenge (to eat local and be "seasonally correct"). Thanks for an important lens. I appreciate the awareness you are raising. Proud to be a locavore.
  • Lenskeeper Jan 18, 2012 @ 1:36 pm | delete
    I'd like to eat more local foods. It would be a challenge for me since I eat frozen stuff a lot, but I can always accent that with local fruits and veggies at the very least!
  • jimmyworldstar Jan 17, 2012 @ 2:40 pm | delete
    I think it's a good idea, especially if you're for supporting local businesses and keeping more money within the community. If you're trying to help the environment, it's good to for reducing the amount of fossil fuels used.
  • rhiannonfl1 Jan 15, 2012 @ 10:55 am | delete
    Nice lens - very informative. I'm just starting to learn more about eating locally. Love my green market shopping! Nothing better that getting sweet juicy strawberries that were picked that morning :)
  • Graceonline Jun 8, 2011 @ 2:50 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens! Thank you for all the useful information and links. I've been working on eating local and organic for several years, though I'm not a purist. I buy fair trade, organic tea, coffee and chocolate, for example, most of which are impossible to obtain locally. Plus, it is important to me to support the worldwide organic movement, so if I have to choose between conventionally grown local produce and shipped-in organic, I talk to the farmer or seller about how the local was grown before making a choice. If the food was grown using organic or better standards and the farmer is unable to pay for the certification, AND IF I trust the farmer, I'll still buy local. Btw, SF Bay Area chef and author Jessica Prentice takes credit for coining the word locavore (see http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/prentice/), but you are right, she is a founding member of the local locavore group.
  • mukeshdaji Jun 6, 2011 @ 8:02 pm | delete
    Great information, awareness, education and advice, kudos to a great lens!
  • cuteordeath Apr 27, 2011 @ 1:01 am | delete
    I do wish I could garden (in my yard-less apartment -_-), but I get a delivery of organic local veggies every month. ^^ It's wonderful! I also love going to the farmer's market. Of course, I am pretty lucky to live nearby a huge agriculture hub. :D
  • purplelady Nov 16, 2010 @ 3:37 pm | delete
    I just found your lens; love the concept. I have lens rolled your lens to my Driftless Market lens.
  • Simon Dec 1, 2009 @ 9:13 pm | delete
    You can search for local produce on:
    www.locavore365.org
  • stargazer00 Jun 5, 2009 @ 2:47 am | delete
    Makes sense to me. Lensrolled to my Eating Locally lens.
  • NanLT Apr 15, 2009 @ 5:18 pm | delete
    5* and I've lensrolled this to me "Veg in a box" lens.
  • KadabaCo Jan 27, 2009 @ 11:48 pm | delete
    Great lens! 5*'s! Our neighbors want to cow-pool and we're considering it closely! Things like dairy and meat seem to be missing from our local farmers market... hmmmm!
  • SustainableSarah Sep 13, 2008 @ 2:59 pm | delete
    Yes!!! So nice to see a lens from a locavore- nice work. And I think you've covered all of the main books I recommend as well, although I haven't read coming home to eat (but now I will!). I've actually been working on my own lens on eating local, but I'll make sure to reference you. :)
  • Wbisbill Aug 25, 2008 @ 7:07 am | delete
    Cool info - thanks from a fan!
  • Euryale Aug 24, 2008 @ 7:11 pm | delete
    This week I got some lemon cucumbers, which look like yellow softballs. I've never tried those before. Peas are winding down, green beans (or yellow or purple) are in full force. Corn is awesome right now. And the sunflower head I harvested a few days back is getting closer to letting go of the seeds!
  • The_Homeopath Aug 24, 2008 @ 5:52 pm | delete
    I just got some to-die-for peaches from Palisades yesterday. I wanted to make a pie, but they didn't last very long. YUM. Soon, our veggie crops will be ready around here and I can't wait. I can taste the soup already.
  • Frankster Aug 6, 2008 @ 6:29 pm | delete
    Excellent lens and information. We have a lot of local produce and I try to buy from them directly and from stores that buy from them.
  • stargazer00 Jul 7, 2008 @ 6:45 pm | delete
    Hey Nice topic! Lensrolled to my Eating Locally Lens
  • Ben_B Jun 20, 2008 @ 3:16 pm | delete
    Lets hear it for local food. Great informative stuff!
  • Anniejbehr Jun 11, 2008 @ 11:19 am | delete
    I love your site. Check out my blog for a slightly different take on the local food lifestyle. I am spending the summer eating foods that have not been transported by motor vehicle (with the exception of public buses). I would love to hear your comments. You can find it at trocally.blogspot.com
  • Abbotts Apr 13, 2008 @ 7:22 pm | delete
    Great lens Farmers Market for me(Its close)
  • Euryale Nov 20, 2007 @ 11:48 pm | delete
    Thanks, Gypsy! My sister does a lot of sustainablility stuff with a local community group and did the challenge hardcore this past summer. I made the lens based on my own efforts (I probably got about 60% of my food really within 100 miles). I'm still doing a lot of what I started in August.
  • GypsyPirate Nov 20, 2007 @ 11:06 am | delete
    I wasn't familiar with this concept. great information resource, thanks for your hard work!

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