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2008 Eat Local Challenge Blog Participants

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by Jennifer Maiser, Editor

In addition to about 250 non-blogging participants, we have a longer list than ever of blogging participants this year. I would like to say that the late publication of this post is by design, but it wasn't.  However, in going through the list of blogs, I am happy that you will be checking them out this late in the month.  Many blogs give you a great sense of the Eat Local Challenge as a whole -- and you will be able to see the triumphs and difficulties with the challenge.  The list is broken down by region (and country) and interspersed with some of my favorite quotes from this month.

Belgium
Kate McNally

Canada
c’est pas moi je l’jure!Hit Pay DirtJen and Joey Go Green

This is something I’ve noticed about local eating. I often have to do battle with my whims. I can’t just open a bag of potato chips when I get hungry, or most other prepared foods for that matter. Food preparation takes awhile and, unless a carrot or apple will do, I often go hungry while I prepare something more substantial. It makes me realize what a culture of convenience I live in. The idea of having to wait more than 15 minutes for food is foreign to most of us. -- Hit Pay Dirt, "Hunger Pangs"

Finland
Puikottelua

Sweden
Corpus Bon Vivant

Here in California, I’d say that everyone who lives here could easily eat at least 70% of their diet locally. In fact it would be a darn shame if Californian’s didn’t. I mean this is a huge agriculture state, in most spots it’s actually hard to keep things from growing. And the beauty of it is that we can grow things nearly year round. So we should be eating locally. It just makes sense. -- A Sonoma Garden, "11 Ways to Eat Locally in Sonoma"

California
Food She ThoughtA Sonoma GardenBecks & PoshButter is LoveGreen LA GirlGreen Simple FrugalKnitting DahliasBuy Local CAMarried With DinnerThe Inadvertent GardenerWard Road GardenJolly EweKale for SaleWhat's Cooking BlogA New Leaf NutritionChez UsDaaliciuosFight Like a GirlGreen & ChicKate AdelleKitchen Gadget GirlLocaletteLocal Los AnelesReal Farmstead CheeseSimply PiesSix by TenSpinach & HoneyTiny TummiesTragic SandwichWindsor Green Grocer

Mid-Atlantic
Bringing Down the CoolDagny Finds FaithFoodie TotsCookin in the CuseMidge Pingleton's PantryPhlippin SweetRural RecluseThe Salted CodThoughts Like PebblesWalk EastwoodRichmond Food CollectiveMegan SeiterAll My Pretty HatesBackyard Chili BlogginEating IthacaElizabeth YalkutLiberty on TenthMarket LoveRichmond Food CollectiveYou are What I Eat

What I'm figuring out about eating food from Michigan is:  while it's eminently possible to eat locally on a budget, it's not possible to eat locally when your life is on auto-pilot.  And I only call it auto-pilot because that's what the daily routine of glossing over life's small and meaningful moments (in an effort to get where?) seems like to me. -- The Farmers Marketer, "Food is love to the local eater"

Midwest
Accidental WisconsiniteFood HappensBig Adventures with Little BuddiesCara, The 100-mile DietFast Grow the WeedsGreen LeaningsKaleidescope LivingThe Farmers MarketerTofu is tastyVegan Cooking and Other Random MusingsColumbus FoodieLynnann's Path On NatureSouthampton Meat MarketVegan CupcakeSouth Depot RoadSt. Charles County WoldsTigers & Strawberries

The goal is not to “win” the Eat Local Challenge.  The goal is not to “prove” anything.  The goal is merely to learn.  Okay, Tammy?  Got that?  Everybody’s a winner when we do it that way, so calm down. -- Food on the Food, "Perspective"

New England
How to GrowLiving Local NHMango TriathleteNortheast Kingdom LocalvoresOctoberlandSeasons Eatings FarmVeg YearBrave PotatoFood on the FoodCamberville CuisineDirt 2 DishLate Bloomers Farm •  Retro DomesticYankee Food

Southeast
Dusty Skin and AllFeliciteaGreene OnionGulf Coast Local FoodSticks n' SpinThe Peaceful PalateTiger MelVal WebbPostmodern FeedingSmart Coast

The Eat Local Challenge changed the look of the grocery isles. Rather than rows of rows of "food," I now see rows and rows of containers on cargo ships, chugging into the Philadelphia Port to unload from somewhere far away. And I see oil consumption - huge amounts of it in airlines as they hurry to ship the California Carrots to the East coast to maintain what little freshness is left in them. -- Backyard Chili Bloggin', "What I See at the Grocery Store Now"

Southwest
Earth ReignGreen Grazing

West
Eat Local HawaiiOne Green GenerationAccidental Scientist •  • Ellen's GrindForever HouseHendrick HomesteadMusic & CatsNot So Urban HenneryRocky Mountain MusinsShiba GuyzBaking for BabiesBare MedicineCafé MamaChez ArtzKona YogaWeekly WayChocolate Crayon FamilyEcoyearOne Healthy YearSeattle Local Food

Jennifer Maiser is the editor of the Eat Local Challenge website.  She is often found behind a camera, on twitter, or writing for her site, Life Begins at 30.

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Thanks for putting all these resources and inspirations in one place. It must have taken forever!

Amen to eating local! That's one of the things I strongly recommend in my book - The Happy Minimalist (www.TheHappyMinimalist.net)

Thanks so much for putting this together! I haven't been as successful at the challenge as I had hoped, but I am looking forward to checking out how others are faring.

I could never thank you enough for having this site and doing what you are doin out there...I truly believe it is the one step we can easily take towards saving the world...!!! love and peace...lynnann

Is there no "eat local challenge" for 2009?

If you're in the area, or on the way to the beach, downtown Kinston NC has a gem of a restuarant for you. Chef & the Farmer, named for the relationship b/w the chef and local sustainable farmers, serves up a new American cuisine in a warm, friendly atmosphere. Not only does the restuarant get about 60% of its ingredients from local farmers, the owners also have a composte heap at their home, where a lot of the restuarant's waste is returned to the earth. Definetely worth a try if you're out this way!

The problem with trying to use Farmer's Markets in my area is that there is no regulation of whether or not the food is truly local. I am a grower who does not choose to sell my produce through Farmer's Markets because many of the participants simply drive down to the Atlanta Farmers' Market and buy the stuff from Mexico, then sell it at the local "Farmer's Market" as if it was grown locally. Buyer beware.

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