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Ideas for participating in NH Eat Local Week

Posted on July 7th, 2008 in NH Eat Local Week Challenges by admin

Individuals, groups, and businesses are welcome to participate in NH Eat Local Week in whatever way makes the most sense to their communities - the NH Eat Local Week Challenge is just a starting point - other ideas are most welcome!

Download a printable version of the NH Eat Local Week Challenge Card

Celebrate the bounty of New Hampshire grown food! Mix and match challenges from any of the categories and see what a difference you can make for your local economy, your health, your community, and your environment.

Sprout

  • Visit and buy food at a new to you farmers’ market or farm stand
  • Cook and eat two meals from  NH grown foods*
  • Find a new farm to buy from
  • Share NH grown food with a friend (either a meal, some fruit or vegetables, cheese, whatever works!)
  • Eat out at a restaurant that supports local agriculture and order the most local menu item

Seedling

  • Try a new to you vegetable from a farmers’ market or farm stand
  • Find and buy a NH grown foodstuff that will be available year-round (maple syrup, honey, cheese, milk, butter, meat, etc.)
  • Cook and eat 6 meals from NH grown foods*
  • Bring a friend who’s never been to a farmers’ market or
    farm stand
  • Eat out at a restaurant that supports local agriculture–let your waiter know that is why you chose to dine at that restaurant

Perennial

  • Buy an in-season food in bulk and can, freeze or dry some for the winter
  • Cook and eat 12 meals from NH grown foods (bonus points for inviting friends or neighbors over for one of these meals)*
  • Replace a purchased foodstuff with one you’ve made yourself with mostly local ingredients: ex: ketchup, salad dressing, pickles
  • Teach a friend or family member to cook a new recipe based on local food
  • Encourage a local restaurant to increase their support for local agriculture–talk to the manager, chef or owner or provide information about local farms

* exemptions for spices, salt, and small amounts of other ingredients are allowed

Download a printable version of the NH Eat Local Week Challenge Card

Share your ideas for participating in the comments!

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  1. Tim said,

    on July 14th, 2008 at 8:15 am

    Check out Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) at LocalHarvest - http://www.localharvest.org/csa/, choose New Hampshire in the State drop-down list, and you will see a list of local farms participating in CSA. From their website;
    “A CSA, (for Community Supported Agriculture) is a way for the food buying public to create a relationship with a farm and to receive a weekly basket of produce. By making a financial commitment to a farm, people become “members” (or “shareholders,” or “subscribers”) of the CSA”

  2. Peg Boyles said,

    on July 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    Let’s not forget the local food people produce for themselves! Eating local also includes enjoying and sharing the fruits (and vegetables) of our own labor in backyard gardens or community plots. Not many folks tend home gardens these days, but a lot more of us could.

  3. Wendy Sweeney said,

    on July 29th, 2008 at 8:16 am

    I love attending Portsmouth’s Farmer’s Market and trying new things or buying things I love but didn’t grow in my own garden. With the amount of food I reap I would love to know how to preserve it so that I don’t have to give it all away.

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