BURLINGTON EAT LOCAL CHALLENGE  -  SEPTEMBER 2007

Eat Local News – The Eat Local Challenge is Here!!!! 

Whether you signed up for a day, a week, two weeks, or a month – I hope you thoroughly enjoy your experience celebrating the delicious foods of our community.  This email is full of tips to help you find more local food throughout September.   I’d love to hear how your experience goes if you’d like to share a story, great meal, or discovery of new foods.

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We have 217 people signed up for the Eat Local Challenge.  It’s not to late to encourage your friends, family, and co-workers to sign up.  It’s a great opportunity to really think about where your food really comes from and to celebrate all the incredible foods that are grown and produced in your community. 

Sign-up now at:  http://www.eatlocalvt.org/takethechallenge.htm

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Localvore Potweek and Dinner Swap at the Unitarian University Church on Monday, September 17^th at 6pm. 

-         Please bring enough of one local dish to feed at least two people for at least 5 days. 

-         Bring 5+ containers to put various foods in to take home

-         We’ll swap prepared foods and all leave with enough locally prepared food to feed ourselves for the week. 

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City Market has launched a new Localvore raccoon image throughout their store highlighting localvore items.  They currently have local sunflower oil from Quebec, apple cider vinegar from Quebec, local beans, local cornmeal,  along with their regular local wheat products.  They also have a Localvore brochure highlighting where to find local food throughout the store. 

All Local Bread is available!  Randy from Red Hen Bakery will be making a special Localvore Loaf and delivering it to City Market on Wednesday mornings.  Be sure to look for it and purchase it.  He’s using grain from Ben Gleason in Bridport, VT and Tom Kenyon in Charlotte, VT.   

O’Bread is going to make an all local pizza dough and have that available at City Market.  Also Turkenbrod bread is all made with local VT, NY, or Quebec grains.   Deiter’s bread is currently being made with local grain; Deiter’s label’s have a hand written “local” grain on them when they’re able to get the local grain. 

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Go Visit a Local RESTAURANTS participating in the Eat Local Challenge.  Please let whatever restaurant you visit know that you want more local foods and really appreciate their support of the local foods they currently carry.  Check out the website for the details on the Carrots.  3 Carrots follow the Modern Marco Polo Exception – 100% Local. 

Sugar Snap --> Burlington (3 carrots for Lunch and Dinner)  http://www.sugarsnap.biz/  652-5922  6:30AM-8PM

Busy Chef --> Essex  (3 carrots for Lunch and Dinner)  http://www.vtbusychef.com/  878-0770  M-F 10AM-6PM,  Sat 10AM-4PM

Pizza on Earth --> Charlotte (3 carrots for Dinner)  http://www.pizzaonearth.com/  425-2152  Tues, Thur, Fri  4PM-7:30PM

Viva Espresso --> Burlington  (3 carrots for Breakfast, Lunch, Snack)  197 N Winooski Ave, Burlington, 660-8482

City Market Grab-and-Go --> Burlington (3 carrots for Lunch, Dinner)  http://www.citymarket.coop  863-3659  7AM-11PM

La Villa Mediterranean Bistro --> Shelburne (2 carrots for Dinner)  http://www.lavillabistro.com/  985-2596

American Flatbread --> Burlington (1 carrot for Lunch and Dinner)  http://www.americanflatbread.com   861-2999

Burlington Bay Market and Cafe --> Burlington (1 carrot for Lunch and Dinner) 864-0110

Vermont Pub and Brewery --> Burlington  (1 carrot for Lunch and Dinner)  http://www.vermontbrewery.com/  865-0500

Trattoria Delia  --> Burlington (1 carrot for Dinner during the week of Sept 24-30)  http://www.trattoriadelia.com/  864•5253  5PM-10PM

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Do you want some local organic frozen blueberries from Adam’s Berry Farm?

Adam has 1 gallon bags of frozen berries for $20, please let him know if you want some.  His email is:  adam@adamsberryfarm.com.

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The Vermont Agency of Agriculture is promoting Saturday, September 22^nd as EAT LOCAL Day.  So if you signed up for a day and don’t know which day to do – join fellow Vermonters across the state and choose September 22^nd as your day.

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If you want to connect personally in the email world with other localvores, don’t forget about the our EatLocalYahoo Group to share great recipes, meal plans, ideas, etc. 

To post a message, email:  EatLocalVT@yahoogroups.com.  If you’ve never received or sent anything before, subscribe by sending an email to :  EatLocalVT-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. 

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Local apples are ready and different varieties will be available as the season progresses. 

Pick at Adam’s Orchard in Williston at use your Localvore starter coupon you picked up at the kick-off.  (We’ll have more localvore starter kits with recipes at the dinner swap on 9/17). 

Go to the Vermont Small Farms Fest at Shelburne Orchards on Sunday, September 9^th, 11am – 5pm.  http://www.shelburneorchards.com/htm/festivals.htm

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Interested in eating local food this winter… sign up for a winter CSA.

Pete’s Greens now has a Burlington drop-off location.  Check it out at www.petesgreens.com.  The Intervale Community Farm in Burlington and Jericho Settler’s Farm also have winter CSAs.  Sign up quick as all fill up early. 

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Have a great challenge.  I hope to see you September 17^th to share stories and food.

I’m enjoying the abundance of tomatoes that are coming from our garden right now – I think I’m eating at least 6 a day… incredible.

Better living through better eating,

Nicole Carpenter

www.eatlocalvt.org

(802) 338-0626

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