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Localvore Events
What is a Localvore?
Why Eat Local?
2008 Summer Challenge
Localvore Sponsors
Other Localvore Resources
Local Farmers Directory and the Addison County Web
Based Farmers Market

Upcoming Localvore Events

Monthly Meetings: the first Wednesday of every month at Carols Hungry Mind. Arrive at 4:00 to get a tea/coffee. Meeting starts at 4:15

Farm Visits: June 22, 2008 Singing Cedars Farm 1-3
July 27, 2008 Bound Brook Farm 9-11

Localvore Challenge: Take the pledge in September. Details below.

Harvest Festival: September 6, 2008. On the green in Middlebury. Music, local food and such. Contact Kim at kimzoe@shoreham.net

Tour de Farm: LE TOUR DE FARMS: Join us in Shoreham on Sunday, September 21 for the first running of "Le Tour de Farms" in Addison County! Choose between a 10, 25 and 30-mile route. Then sample fresh apples, roasted vegetables, cheese, wine, cider and milk, and bread and cookies at local farms along the way and at the local inn. Take your time and enjoy the beautiful fall landscapes of Shoreham by the lake while exercising in the fresh air and not emitting any carbon!

Meet us at the Shoreham village green -rain or shine- and check-in at 10:30 AM with your bike, helmet, and water (you can refill at any of the stops) and wear comfortable clothes. Bring a raincoat in the event of wind or rain.
And bring a bag if you'd like to buy anything along the way from one of the farms (or you can arrange with the farm to pick it up after the ride).

For more information and to pre-register, please go to www.vtbikeped.org or call (802) 225-8904, download the registration form and mail it with your check to VBPC, PO Box 1234, Montpelier, VT 05601. The cost is $15 for adults, $8 for kids under 15 ($20 and $10 the day of the event).

Le Tour de Farms is presented by the Addison County Localvores (ACoRN Localvores), the Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Coalition (VBPC), and Rural Vermont.

EAT LOCAL BOOK GROUP

Our group hosted 4 lively discussions during the winter and early spring of this year. THe OMNIVORES DILEMA, DEEP ECONONY, FULL MOON FEAST and ANIMAL VEGETABLE MIRACLE. If you would like to make recommendations for the next season of discussions please contact Kristin Bolton at 462 3722.

What is a Localvore?

A Localvore is someone who loves to eat fresh, locally grown and produced food. Addison County Localvores invite you to take the Eat Local Challenge this September. How much of your diet can obtain from foods grown within 100 miles of home?

Why Eat Local?
Environment and Place
In the U.S. the average distance food travels is between 1,500 and 2,500 miles from farm to plate. Food that is grown close to home will use far fewer resources to get from the field to your plate.

Health
Local food is fresher and therefore retains more of the foods important nutrients.

Economy

Money spent on locally grown and produced food stays in the community. If Vermonters substituted local products for just 10% of the food we import, it would result in $376 million dollars in new economic output, including $69 million in personal earnings from 3,616 jobs.

Taste

Our farmer neighbors grow varieties of fruits and vegetables bred for nutrition and flavor, not easy shipping. The food you pick from your own garden or buy at the Farmer's Market is harvested at the peak of flavor- fresh food is the most delicious food there is!

Summer 2008 Eat Local Challenge.
The Addison Co. Localvores are pleased to announce the summer
Eat Local Challenge.
EAT LOCAL, EAT WELL, EAT TOGETHER.

Make your pledge on line-click here.

The challenge will take place during the month of September, and beyond- for those wanting to take it a step further. The Eat Local Challenge is an event where participants pledge to challenge themselves to eat more locally grown and produced foods than they ordinarily would. Participants can create their own challenge or choose from the suggested options.

Eat Local Challenge

When: September 2008 or longer depending on your pledge.
What: What would challenge you? The options are endless:
- Eat mostly locally grown and produced foods for a day, a week or the month.
- Eat local food for one meal a week.
- Spend $20 a week on local produce.
- Shop at the farmer's market for the month of September.
- Eat local meat for the month.
- Learn to can, preserve and freeze to put food by.
- Organize an 'eat local' dinner party once a month or once a week for the month.
- Create a plot for next year's garden.
- Extend your pledge for an additional week, month or year.
- Make the bulk of your diet (about 80%) from locally grown sources. This is what many eat local challenges around the country are suggesting.
How: This sounds great but… I NEED MY COFFEE! (Or tea or rice or olive oil…) Don't worry; the point of the challenge is to celebrate local food, not to suffer! We are fortunate to live in a rich farming area, where you can purchase local bread, dairy products, fruit, vegetables and meat -- even beer and wine-- at the Co-op and other stores, farmers' markets and from local farmers.
Why: Because it feels good, tastes good, it is good for the environment, our communities and our bodies.

You can take the pledge on line, at the Middlebury Natural Food Coop, and the Middlebury and Bristol Farmers Markets during the month of August and at our Harvest Festival on the Green in Middlebury on September 6th.

Join our email list to keep informed about upcoming events and local resources.

Make your pledge on line-click here.

Sponsors:

Many thanks to our sponsors who help to support this effort to support local farmers and growers, and contribute to a healthy and sustainable enviornment. We are an all-volunteer organization and count on your ongoing support for cash items like printing and event expenses. Please consider giving $25/50/100. Every food dollar that stays in Addison County makes our communities stronger, more resilient and sustainable.

When making a donation please make your check payable to "ACORN" an dsend it to Jonathan Corcoran, 2722 Mountain Road, Bristol, Vt 05443.

2008 Sponsors

BIG MACOUNS
Bristol Health and Fitness, Bristol
Champlain Valley Apiaries, Middlebury
The Last Resort, Monkton
Otter Creek Brewing, Middlebury
Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, Middlebury

FIDDLEHEADS
Basin Harbor Club, Panton
Blue Ledge Farm, Salisbury
Bobcat Cafe, Bristol
Champlain Orchards, Shoreham
Colwell Design, East Middlebury
Crawford Family Farm, Whiting
Doolittle Farm, Shoreham
Douglas Orchards, Shoreham
Fat Hen Market, Vergennes
Golden Russet Farm, Shoreham
Good Companion Bakery, Vergennes
Hillsboro Sugarworks, Bristol
Honey Gardens Apiaries, Ferrisburgh
Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven
Mary's at Baldwin Creek, Bristol
Millborne Farm, Whiting
Otter Creek Bakery, Middlebury
Otter Creek Yoga, Middlebury
The Shoreham Inn, Shoreham
Storm Cafe, Middlebury
Starry Night Cafe, Ferrisburg
Tully and Marie's, Middlebury
Twig Farm, West Cornwall
Vermont Coffee Company, Middlebury
Vermont Cookie Love, North Ferrisburgh
Vermont Sun. Middlebury

YELLOW FINNS
Almost Home Market, Bristol
American Flatbread, Middlebury
Boyer's Orchard, Monkton
Bristol Bakery, Bristol
Camomile Blue, Ripton
Cubber's Restaurant, Bristol
Daily Chocolate, Vergennes
Dakin Farm, Ferrisburgh
The Field Farm, East Middlebury
Fire and Ice Restaurant, Middlebury
Kent Ridge Orchards, Cornwall
Lewis Creek Farm, Starksboro
Monument Farms, Weybridge
Mountain Greens Market, Bristol
National Bank of Middlebury, Middlebury
Singing Cedars, Orwell
Three Squares, Vergennes
New Leaf Organics, Monkton
Norris Berry Farm, Monkton
Orb Weaver Farm, Monkton
Woods Market Garden, Brandon

Other Localvore Resources
Local Farmers & Local Food Directory
Compiled by Bay Hammond, this directory helps aspiring Localvores to find their food quickly and easily.

Addison County's Web Based Farmers Market!
Year round on-line local farmers market; Check it out!!

Vermont Farmers Market Listings
Compiled by NOFA-VT, this is a listing of all markets in Vermont.

http://www.VermontLocalvore.org
Mad River Valley (VT)Localvores with excellent resources: local food sources, books, films, recipes, blog, events and organization links. They are planning a September 2006 Localvore Challenge.

http://www.eatlocalvt.org
Champlain Valley (VT) local food advocates with local food source list, rationale, recipes,links and discussion board. They are planning an August 2006 Challenge.

Brattleboro Localvores

Upper Valley Localvores

http://www.locavores.com
The original "locavores", culinary adventurers supporting food grown within 100-mile radius of San Francisco with rationale, recipes, food and cooking links.

Local Harvest - A national directory of small family farms.

Addison County Localvores c/o ACoRN P.O. Box 65 Middlebury, VT 05753

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