Feb 26, 2010
People who eat food grown or raised locally are called locavores. A Ventura County couple has recently launched a project intended to strengthen local food systems called Locavore Lite 2010. Participation in the project is of course not required to support local food, but joining is a way to express commitment in a powerful and collective way.
Locavore Lite 2010 participants are asked to:
- Give some consideration to where your non-local foods come from
- For a minimum of 12 times in 2010, do one, or any combination of the following: shop at a farmers market; receive produce from a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farmer; harvest food from a local farm, garden or yard
- eat at least 3 all-local-food meals during 2010.
Eating local provides many personal and communal benefits. To find out more, please see our previous post Local Food Systems.