Mailtribune.com - Eat Local Challenge

The Eat Local Challenge promotes the consumption of locally produced foods. This year, a host of events is planned Sept. 5-14 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

Go Local - 9/3/2008
With the "eat local" bandwagon rapidly accelerating, a nonprofit business coalition is encouraging...
Just Peachy - 8/13/2008
CENTRAL POINT — Premier peaches have prompted David Cunningham to visit Beebe Farms every...
Here's the beef (and more) - 7/16/2008
CENTRAL POINT — Two lambs met their maker minutes ago with the help of a local butcher.
Field Study - 7/9/2008
For a decade, Kids Unlimited summer camps have given local, low-income children a taste of...
Uptown Flavors - 5/21/2008
Savoring one of Nora LaBrocca's special Sunday suppers, Julie Kokinakes Anderson reflected that...
Hothouse to your house - 5/14/2008
During a season when tomatoes are just a twinkle in most gardeners' eyes, Dave Nance proudly...
What's your food print? - 4/23/2008
Reducing her environmental impact is at the core of Maria Katsantones' cooking.
Cider in the raw - 2/6/2008
APPLEGATE — Kiss of cold air aside, the unexpected aroma of ripening fruit momentarily...
Bakers join crowded Ashland market - 1/16/2008
Warm, yeasty aromas of fresh-baked bread entice workers still painting the A Street building.

Can they do it?
Eat-local diaries

Trying a CSA

This summer and fall, Stephanie Witt Sedgwick, a Washington Post columnist, is sharing her experiences as a member of a community-supported agriculture program.