Buy & Eat Local!-Support Family Farms and Small Business

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This post was written by: Pat Kennelly

As a restaurant owner and a consumer I have a lot of choices about where to buy our produce and where to eat. Whenever possible I buy local, supporting both local farmers and independently owned businesses. I’ve been happy to see that the trend is going that way as many consumers are becoming fed-up with big business, no taste produce and unsafe food products that are made outside of the country. I hope this trend will bring more people back to eating seasonally and eating local. If you need more convincing there is a great list on Life Begins at 30 on her 10 Reasons to Eat Local Food. Another set of bloggers write on this subject at Eat Local Challenge and one post talks about an upcoming September 2007 challenge on eating locally. I will update you on this as I plan to take the challenge.
Finding local farmers isn’t difficult as more and more cities are bringing back the farmer’s markets but I also take the next step and search out small locally owned businesses including restaurants that support my local community.

Search for a family farm.