Local Locavore Challenge!

Hogtown Homegrown is sponsoring an Eat Local Challenge for our region!  During the month of May, participants will track the food they eat, with the very do-able goal of eating one locally produced food item at each meal.  They also offer these guidelines for eating locally, based on the famous guidelines from Locavore.com. This San-Francisco-based group of locavores actually coined the word back in 2005.  Have some fun and enjoy eating good food while supporting the local economy and our local farmers – join Hogtown’s* version of the Locavore Challenge!

*”Hogtown” was the original name of the city of Gainesville, Florida.

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Comments

[Waste Wear Daily]

I think we might be able to do this. We have been working on eating more local. We are in the process of planting our spring garden and planting more than last year. We are getting overwhelmed.
Do you know where to get any "local" grains? Or regional or even where the closest might be?
I'm just around the corner from you. Two blocks west on 16th.
Cindy

[Kelli]

Hi Cindy. Wow, we are close! I know where we can get local corn. There are several producers in Gainesville and in surrounding towns. It's sweet corn though - for eating or canning, not the kind that would be ground for flour or meal. Georgia produces wheat and oats, and I just sent an email off to an agricultural group to find out how we can get it. The mills in Georgia seem to primarily grind imported wheat. It seems to be the same all over; food is being outsourced the same way everything else is. I'll let you know when I find out about sources of grain within a 500-mile radius.

[Devadeva Mirel]

I am *very*excited about finding your blog! I am in the process of buying a house in Alachua and will relocate their from PA in July (great time, right? I know, everyone is warning me about the humidity).

I make jam and am bringing my business with me. I am about to follow the links on your page and am really interested in getting involved in the local food community...especially any backyard fruit growers.