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The Challenge: From June through October, derive 50% of your diet from locally produced foods.
How to Get Started
1. Sign the pledge here.
2. Check out our "Organic and Local Farming Page" for farmers markets and CSA's (community-supported agriculture.
3. For a handy mapping tool (100 mile radius from your zip code), click here.
4. Or go to "Resources for Eating Locally" for a list of grocery stores and restaurants and home delivery services.
5. Tips for Eating Locally - Click here.
6. Check out the Indianapolis Food Security Initiative Blog HERE.
7. Recipes - Click here.
8. Post photos / videos of your homegrown gardens, farmers market finds, and food creations on our Flickr group.
9. Share your experiences in our discussion forums here.
Here's to good, healthy eating for you, your family, your community, and the planet!
One of our "pledgees," Susan Heitzman of North Vernon, writes,
"My husband and I have eaten 50% local down here in Jennings County for at least a year, although we have acquired blueberries, asparagus and peaches from Northern Indiana and Michigan while visiting family. My latest local discovery from our Farmer's Mkt. is gooseberries which I made into a delicious jam--no seeds! Note: Gooseberries are a little labor intense even without seeds--you have to take off both the tiny stem and the flower end. 4 cups of berries, one cup of water, boil until skins are tender and then add 3 cups of sugar--doesn't need anything else and cooks up very quickly--found recipe in 1930s cookbook of my mother's. Citrusy taste, but will use sparefully with so much sugar involved."
