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Grocery Swapping

September 17, 2008 at 9:14AM By Anita Crotty | comment

No matter how much you adore eggplant or zucchini, there comes a point where a bumper crop spills over into a glut. Rather than leaving your unwanted harvest on your neighbors' doorsteps in the dead of night, why not search out other similarly burdened folks and arrange an old-fashioned food swap?

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tags: local food, gardening tips, locavore, SOLE Food Digest, barter, food swap, food gardening, Growing Communities, Good Food Swaps, VegExchange, food economy

A Truly Local Loaf

September 15, 2008 at 9:17AM By Anita Crotty | comment

Morell's Bread Local Loaf made with Eatwell Farm wheat flour As grain prices have risen drastically, many farmers have reconsidered wheat both as a cash crop and as home-grown fodder for their livestock. As a side benefit, locavores who yearn for a truly local loaf can get their hands on flour for homemade bread and 100%-local products from artisan bakeries.

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tags: wheat, flour, locavore, SOLE Food Digest, Eatwell Farm, Full Belly Farm, local wheat, local bread, artisan bread

Lunchtime for Locavores

August 27, 2008 at 9:19AM By Anita Crotty | comment

All-Colorado BLT from The Denver Post Picking one meal, or even just a single dish, to make with ingredients from your foodshed is a thoughtful way to ease into the locavore life. And the Denver Post's food section does just that: Crafting a classic BLT from ingredients they found within a small radius of town.

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tags: sandwiches, blt, Colorado, denver, locavore, SOLE Food Digest, one local summer, Denver Post

The Gray Lady Eats Green

August 25, 2008 at 10:05AM By Anita Crotty | comment

New York Times: photo of a family cow If you picked up Sunday's New York Times, you might have noticed a trend: Not one but four stories this weekend focused on the region's local food chain, with a decidedly sustainable/organic bent.

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tags: New York Times, locavore, long island, SOLE Food Digest, CSAs, community-supported agriculture, small farms, home farms, becoming a farmer

Magazine Walks the Locavore Talk

August 20, 2008 at 9:36AM By Anita Crotty | comment

Sunset magazine's One Block Feast Teams of Sunset magazine editors and writers took over their Bay Area test gardens, blogging the entire process of growing everything they needed for an entire multi-course dinner.

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tags: locavore, SOLE Food Digest, Sunset magazine, One Block Diet

Eating local in the desert

August 4, 2008 at 11:35AM By Anita Crotty | comment

Las Vegas is perhaps the last place on the planet you'd expect to find anyone attempting to practice the locavore lifestyle. But there's evidence that times are a-changing, with local farms, CSAs, and help from the University Extension experts.

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tags: las vegas, nevada, locavore, food news, SOLE Food Digest, desert, Quail Hollow Farm, food desert, Las vegas Review-Journal

Foraging Finds its Niche

July 28, 2008 at 10:00AM By Anita Crotty | comment

Even the most intrepid eaters can be daunted by the prospect of wild edibles, but a trip to the local forest or seashore can yield gourmet treats.

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tags: blackberries, seasonal, sea salt, locavore, nettles, SOLE Food Digest, foarging, wild food, sea beans, wild garlic

Meat the Producers

June 5, 2008 at 4:54PM By Anita Crotty | comment

Members of traditional community-supported agriculture (CSA) programs receive a box of organic, local fruits and vegetables each week in exchange for paying a share of the farm's expenses. Many CSA farms offer egg shares, too, and raw-milk devotees can purchase cow shares to get their hands on unpasteurized dairy. Taking the idea to a new extreme, a growing number of Northern California ranchers are now offering meat CSAs: Members receive a box of humanely raised, grass-fed meats for as low as $5 a pound, depending on selected cuts and subscription length.

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tags: cherries, fair trade, csa, Rainier, locavore, raw milk, Mario Batali, SOLE Food Digest, cherry recipes, community-supported agriculture, farm shares, grass-fed meat, pasture-raised meat, sustainable farming, ethical coffee, direct trade, brandied cherries

This Week in Sustainable Food News

May 12, 2008 at 10:05AM By Anita Crotty | comment

Not only is 'locavore' actually in the dictionary, it was chosen word of the year. Old news, right? But other signs that the Eat Local movement's making some serious strides into pop culture are popping up in pairs. In last week's episode of Law & Order SVU, Robin Williams plays a murder suspect with an interesting alibi. He couldn't have been at the fast-food joint where the murder went down... because he's a locavore. "I only by organic, seasonal foods grown by local farmers." A few days later, the game show Duel featured a question along the same lines: "What's special about the food eaten by a locavore?" Both contestants picked the right answer - obviously, they're Law & Order fans.

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tags: locavore, amazon, SOLE Food Digest, Anita Crotty, Sustainable Booze, Cardoons

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Anita Crotty is co-author of Married... with Dinner, an award-winning food blog that chronicles the continuing adventures of "a couple of San Francisco food dorks." Anita and her husband Cameron are both professional writers, amateur cooks, and avid diners. read full bio.

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