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INFO and LINKS
Other localvore
groups in Vermont and throughout North America
Get a localvore
t-shirt from
eatmorekale.com
Here are a bunch of
links related to local foods with brief descriptions -
- Highlights restaurants that
prepare food with local ingredients - Vermont Fresh Network
- A non-profit association working to promote an
economically viable and ecologically sound Vermont food
system for the benefit of current and future generations
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NOFA Vermont
- Nearby farms, CSAs, and community
gardens along the Winooski River in Burlington -
Intervale
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University of Vermont –
Sustainable Agriculture Programs
- A
non-profit organization promoting
school food system change -
VT Feed
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Live in
Burlington area and don’t have space for your own
vegetable garden in your yard? Rent space at a
community garden.
- National Grass Roots Organization encouraging local
food. They have a great list of farmer's markets,
CSA's, restaurants, and food retailers supporting local
food. They also list great books and movies you
may want to check out -
LocalHarvest.org
great, nationwide eat local group blog -
EatLocalChallenge.com
- More information on what grows in New England -
NewEnglandGrown.com
- A more nationwide, general buy local non profit -
FoodRoutes.org
- Learn more about the slow food movement -
www.slowfood.com
- Sustainability goes hand in hand with local foods -
www.sustainabletable.org
- Trying to keep our food safe -
http://www.truefoodnow.org/
- You've heard of heirloom tomatoes, how about heirloom
meat? -
http://www.nehbc.org/
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Vital Communities in the Upper River Vally
fosters the
relationships that make agriculture a vital part of
daily community life
Learn more about Local Food Issues,
Check out the
Worldwatch Paper #163: Home Grown: The Case For
Local Food In A Global Market. Also check
out
Dave Timmon's PhD Thesis on local foods.
Some recent articles in the news :
100 Mile Diet Article in Time Magazine
Are you a Localvore? by Marcia Duffy in Lime
200 years ago everyone was a localvore - Blog
Posting
Book Review: "The Way We Eat: Why Our Food
Choices Matter" by Peter Sanger
Are you a Localvore? - Heart of New England Article
Read about Bill McKibben experience eating local New
York and Vermont local foods for 9 months.
Burlington Free Press article on his experience
eating local for 9 months.
His
Gourmet Magazine article on his experience
Read and Listen to Some Vermont
Localvore Stories:
Article by a challenge participant in Brattleboro,
Vermont. The challenge in Brattleboro was one week
and some chose not to include salt, spices (Marco Polo
exception).
Comments from the Flack Family Farm in Fairfield,
Vermont
Download the
podcast from
VPR Switchboard from August 22nd - 1 hour session.
LOCALVORES HIT THE BLOGOSPHERE!
Check out some of these great blogs of our very own
Champlain valley localvores. These were
written during our August 2006 Eat Local Challenge. Lots of good advice,
recipes, food sources, stories, and inspiration.
http://localvores.blogspot.com/
http://7d.blogs.com/thedailydigest/
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