Why Buy
Local?
There are so many good reasons!
Groups like The 3/50 Project support local independent businesses, and help our shopping dollars stay in our region for much longer than the money we spend at national chain stores. Healthy local living economies help all of us to thrive.
This is especially true when it comes to food.
Whether you ....
*join your neighbors for a potluck during Skagit Eat Local Week in September
*pay regular visits to your local farmer market or farm stands during the harvest months
*choose to buy food produced in the Northwest when you grocery shop
*frequent one of the many fine restaurants sourcing local seafood, meats, cheeses, and produce throughout the Skagit Valley
(for a semi-complete list of these restaurants, visit www.slowfoodskagit.org)
*or grow veggies in your own home garden
You can be a vocal Local advocate with your friends and family, who may not have thought the logic through yet...
Our Local Producers page is a great link to bios on many of our Local Organic farmers - check them out!
Our National Co-operative Grocers Association (NCGA) sponsors Eat Local America each summer. Here are some breakfast lunch and dinner resources, and some recipes to get your started thinking about how easy it is.
EAT LOCAL MENUS
SEASONAL HARVEST CALENDAR
Puget Sound Fresh and Cascade Harvest Coalition sponsor Eat Local for Thanksgiving each year - we encourage you to take the pledge to serve at least one local ingredient on your holiday feast table.
here are further resources and fresh information on the Local front:
Puget Sound Fresh
Cascade Harvest Coalition
Local Harvest
Slow Food USA
Slow Food Skagit
The 3/50 Project
Eat Local Challenge
www.eatlocal.net
There are so many good reasons!
Groups like The 3/50 Project support local independent businesses, and help our shopping dollars stay in our region for much longer than the money we spend at national chain stores. Healthy local living economies help all of us to thrive.
This is especially true when it comes to food.
Whether you ....
*join your neighbors for a potluck during Skagit Eat Local Week in September
*pay regular visits to your local farmer market or farm stands during the harvest months
*choose to buy food produced in the Northwest when you grocery shop
*frequent one of the many fine restaurants sourcing local seafood, meats, cheeses, and produce throughout the Skagit Valley
(for a semi-complete list of these restaurants, visit www.slowfoodskagit.org)
*or grow veggies in your own home garden
You can be a vocal Local advocate with your friends and family, who may not have thought the logic through yet...
Our Local Producers page is a great link to bios on many of our Local Organic farmers - check them out!
Our National Co-operative Grocers Association (NCGA) sponsors Eat Local America each summer. Here are some breakfast lunch and dinner resources, and some recipes to get your started thinking about how easy it is.
EAT LOCAL MENUS
SEASONAL HARVEST CALENDAR
Puget Sound Fresh and Cascade Harvest Coalition sponsor Eat Local for Thanksgiving each year - we encourage you to take the pledge to serve at least one local ingredient on your holiday feast table.
here are further resources and fresh information on the Local front:
Puget Sound Fresh
Cascade Harvest Coalition
Local Harvest
Slow Food USA
Slow Food Skagit
The 3/50 Project
Eat Local Challenge
www.eatlocal.net
Look for Local shelf
tags throughout the store!
They identify products from Washington, Oregon, and Southern BC Producers.
They identify products from Washington, Oregon, and Southern BC Producers.
