BlogHers ACT Canada

Dine out, eat local.

The movement for eating local is gaining momentum in the hospitality industry, which is great news for us here at BlogHers ACT Canada, where July's focus is on eating locally. 

There are a lot of restaurants making use of local, in-season crops in preparation of daily specials and regular seasonal menu items.  Like me, you may be wondering how to find these restaurants. 

More local eating: Get seasonal food right at your door!

How would you like to have fresh, seasonal, locally grown food delivered right to your door on a weekly basis?  It almost sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

 
While I haven’t given it a go, I’m really interested in trying out a service like Durham Organics, the company in my community that has begun to offer just such a service.  Green Earth Organics is the big service provider in Toronto (and Vancouver), but doesn’t deliver beyond into Durham Region. Here at BlogHers ACT Canada, we're really excited to see that more organizations like this are popping up for a few reasons.

 

More local eating! Farmer's markets and pick-your-own.

This week was a great week for us in terms of eating locally.  Since eating locally is our challenge this month here at BlogHers ACT Canada, we are pretty proud!  We took advantage of two awesome ways to eat locally, the farmer's market and a pick-your-own-produce farm.

The 100 Mile Diet and My "not-so-local" Breakfast

Eating locally is a real challenge, and some folks are taking it quite seriously.  Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon are the founders of the 100 Mile Diet, a movement they started back in 2005 in an effort to eat foods only found within 100 miles of their Vancouver home.  Their's is a fabulous website devoted to the concept, tailored to both American and Canadian households.

July's Challenge: Eat Locally!

This month at BlogHers ACT Canada, we’re challenging you, our fine readers, to eat locally.

What exactly does this mean?

For some, eating locally means stepping out the back door, heading to the vegetable patch in the yard and harvesting some homegrown lettuce greens for dinner.

For others, it means taking a weekly trip to the farmer’s market to select some regionally-grown produce sold by nearby farmers and baked goods prepared in nearby kitchens.

For other folks, eating locally means paying attention to the labels on the food they purchase at the grocery store in an attempt to bring home only food that was grown or produced in their own province, state or country.