The Eat Local Challenge promotes the consumption of locally produced foods. This year, a host of events is planned Sept. 11-20 at restaurants, grocery stores, growers markets, farms, wineries and elsewhere, organized by the group Thrive, food producers and restaurants. Find our stories about the events here, along with diaries of several people attempting to eat locally for a week, suggestions for how you can eat locally, a calendar detailing public events and more.
Eat-local stories
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Conscious Catch - 9/16/2009
After nearly a decade of cooperation with scientists, government entities and conservation groups,...
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Spotlight on Tomatoes - 8/26/2009
Hardly arrayed like stars, the tomatoes are lumpy, bumpy, disheveled and scarred, yet they command...
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Buying bison - 8/19/2009
Full Circle bison meat had customers' seal of approval almost as soon as Williams ranchers Tobias...
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So sweet, you have to say it twice - 8/5/2009
Peruse the piles of onions at local farmers markets, and one name is synonymous with sweet: Walla...
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Chef uses farm ingredients - 7/22/2009
Families who want to eat fresh, locally grown and produced foods often find workaday schedules...
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Lend me your ears - 7/15/2009
Seven Oaks Farm hadn't even sown its fields before fielding phone inquiries about its locally...
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Perfection at its peak - 7/8/2009
'Wonderful' cherry season winds down; Winston fruit at Rogue Valley growers markets.
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'Local' oil for a change - 6/17/2009
Rows of bottles ready to catch viscous amber liquid aren't the most eye-grabbing display at the...
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Market Growth - 6/10/2009
In a season of unprecedented growth, Medford has surpassed Ashland as a venue for farmers markets.
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Summer strawberries are a delight - 6/3/2009
Summer has arrived, in Laurie Carter's mind, when strawberries can be purchased ripe from the...
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Local farmers reinvent CSA model - 4/15/2009
White sage staunchly resisted Scott McGuire's attempts to naturalize the evergreen herb at his...
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Root, root, root for these veggies - 3/18/2009
Because customers of Blue Fox Farm can hardly wait for local growers markets to open, Chris Jagger...
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'Slow' Soup and Supper - 2/11/2009
Shuttering her Pilaf restaurant for good couldn't keep Susan Powell out of the kitchen.
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Hidden Treasure - 1/28/2009
ASHLAND — The heady aroma of wet earth and decaying leaves summons shoppers from yards away,...
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Farm-to-table meat - 1/7/2009
It isn't a lack of skill, passion or finances that's keeping local meat off tables at Standing...
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Test Kitchen - 12/3/2008
ASHLAND — Local, organic potatoes, carrots and onions are on the lunch menu at Ashland Middle...
Can they do it?
Eat-local diaries
The Purist – All meals during the entire week must be grown, raised or produced within 200 miles.
The Idealist – All foods in one meal per day during the week must be grown, raised or produced within 200 miles.
The Optimist – All foods in two meals during the week must be grown, raised or produced within 200 miles.
Eat-local events
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Eat-local resources
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I'm not a big white wine person, but in the summer I do like a glass now & then. The white wine at Agate...posted on 6/12/2009
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Always fresh - the beans are made from beans, not reconstituted. The habanero sauce is killer! The people are...posted on 8/20/2009
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I had a great experience buying a car from...posted on 6/22/2009
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Great food, low prices, fast...posted on 7/6/2009
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The nice thing about this dentist is that he's not afraid to refer you to a specialist if he feels that your...posted on 6/12/2009
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Went to Red Robin for the first time yesterday--a busy Saturday with many families present. Ambiance was...posted on 7/13/2009
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THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO GO FOR LUNCH ON THE EAST SIDE. Great Food! Great Staff and they have take out and...posted on 7/20/2009
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My husband and I ate at Bee Gees on Father's Day, for the first time. The owners went around to each table...posted on 8/26/2009
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Went in for imaging.. I didn't have to wait long and the techs were friendly and answered all my...posted on 6/22/2009
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I really love their selection of cheese and olive oils...a lot of imported food is available if you have...posted on 6/12/2009
