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Restaurant Input -
Thanks for getting involved. We
are a group of consumers in the Champlain Valley that
are taking a challenge to eat only locally grown and
produced food in September. The key is grown AND
produced within Vermont or a 100 mile radius. So bread
made from flour grown in the Midwest doesn't count. But
bread made from Gleason Grains of Bridgeport VT does.
We are looking for restaurants to
provide local meals to our members during the September
challenge. We will advertise your restaurant to our
members and since we are a volunteer organization, no
fee is required of you. All we ask is that you commit
to providing at least one locally based meal. In 2007,
our first challenge year, we had about 150 people eating
100% locally for the entire month; this year we are
targeting 1000 people at various levels.
Since some restaurants have
difficulty offering a 100% local meal, we have developed
a rating system to help restaurants and customers
quantify some common exceptions. In all cases we are
expecting produce, meats, and dairy to be 100% local.
100% local except for non-local salt,
pepper, leavening agents and other spices.
Same as
3 carrots with the added
exceptions of non-local cooking oils, vinegars and stock
Same as
2 carrots with the added
exceptions of sugar, non-local grains, and non-local tomato
products
For more information on sources of
Vermont foods contact
Vermont Fresh Network or see our list of
local sources. And by all means, browse our
website. Most people taking the challenge have signed
up to eat meals at the three carrot level. If you can
offer a meal at that level, please do.
Send us an email at
restaurant@eatlocalvt.org with either questions or,
if you want to get listed on the web site, the following
information:
- Name of Restaurant, phone #,
location
- What type of meal you plan to
offer (pizza, dinner special, buffet items)
- How high of an EatLoaclVT
rating, 1, 2, or 3 carrots.
- When the menu item will be
available (all of September or a specific week)
- Which meals you will offer
(breakfast, lunch or dinner)
- If you have a web site and
want to put more information on it, we'll put in a
link
We're just a group of volunteers,
so please give us a few days to add your item to our
list. If you haven't heard anything from us in a week,
feel free to e-mail us again.
Thanks Again!
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