Make One Local Dish This Thanksgiving

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Consumers Union and Eat Well Guide have teamed up to launch the Thanksgiving Local and Organic Food Challenge. Are you up to the task?

The groups have made it easy to either enter your zipcode to find a local ingredient, or you can search the recipe database if you know what you want to work with.

In a press release, Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union, said: "At a time of numerous food safety issues, produce and meat recalls, and rising food prices, consumers want to know where their food is coming from, how it’s being produced, and what carbon footprint, or ‘foodprint,’ it might have."

She points out that buying local typically means fresher foods, and local fruits and vegetables may retain more nutrients than produce shipped hundreds of miles. In addition, buying local food can help cut back on the release of carbon dioxide emissions.

Chefs Dan Barber, Mario Batali, and Alice Waters, all champions of the sustainable food movement, contributed recipes to the site. (Including Alice Waters' Chard Gratin.)

For more Thanksgiving ideas, check out our Greener Thanksgiving guide.

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