Locavores protect the local
economy — and their
health — by buying food
THERE’S A GROWING NUMBER OF WEB SITES DEDICATED TO FEEDING
grown close to home.
locavores’ desire to shop and eat locally, including:
Eatlocalamerica.coop: Find food cooperatives selling local produce near you, blog
with other locavores, and get recipes for seasonal foods.
Eatwellguide.org: Get a directory of farms, stores, restaurants, and other sources in
the United States and Canada offering sustainable meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs. An
online tool helps you eat local foods while traveling.
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Growingformarket.com: Market farmers will fi nd
advice and resources here.
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Eatlocalchallenge.org: A group blog written by people
committed to eating food grown within 100 miles of
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where they live. Participants write about overcomingy p g
challenges such as fis such as fi ndi nding time tong time to
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shop, and what to do about exoticwhat to do about exotic
foods such as coffee and spices.h as coffee and spices.
Farmersmarketcoalition.org: Help for growers.r growers.
Localharvest.org: Find a community-supported-supported
agriculture (CSA) farm near you. CSA members buy aembers buy a
share of the harvest, usually a weekly or monthly basket ofmonthly basket of
produce, while creating a relationship with theirith their
local grower and gaining a stake in the
harvest. Also, fi nd a farmers market in
your neighborhood. — D.S.
Noonan Park. “This is a social event.”t.” stringent — the average farm sizestringent — the average farm size
Other locavores are opting for is 21 acres. Most farms there arei M f h
the lifestyle as part of a fashion- too small to support formal retail or
able trend. Indeed, some affl uent distribution setups. Restaurateurs
city residents are hiring people to and local consumers who want
construct, tend, and harvest organic local produce must go to the grow-
gardens in their back yards, The New ers or attend the weekly, seasonal
York Times reports. The Plaza Hotel farmers markets.
in New York also sees a business On the nearby island of Martha’s
opportunity in the local food fever, Vineyard, which enjoys a rich agri-
offering a “100-mile menu” of food cultural tradition, the infrastructural
grown by upstate New York farmers support pieces are missing for its
to couples planning weddings. 28 farms, says Ali Berlow, executive
“The highest form of luxury is director of the Island Grown Initiative,
now growing it yourself or paying a not-for-profi t organization.
other people to grow it for you,” food For example, there was no local
columnist Corby Kummer told the access to slaughtering facilities to
Times. “This has become fashion.” process meat or poultry on the island.
But don’t tell that to Garrick, who With the help of the Massachusetts
believes communities should be as Department of Agricultural
self-suffi cient as possible in these Resources, IGI recently obtained an
porting their area’s economy, encour- uncertain times. innovative mobile poultry process-
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aging the preservation of open space “It’s almost a necessity,” he says. ing unit that is housed in a trailer
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needed for farming, and fostering “It’s not just to be chic. It’s survival.” and enables chicken farmers to raise
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