Wow - the response to the Eat Local Challenge has been really incredible. There is such a distribution throughout the US. Be sure to check our International participants at the end of this post as well! Throughout the month, I will be updating with how bloggers are doing with the challenge.
If you spend any amount of time clicking through to the participants, I believe you will be rewarded -- the depth of all of the people who have chosen to participate, the subjects that their blogs cover, and the lengths to which they are taking the challenge is all just amazing.
Without further ado, the list of Eat Local participants. Blogs are listed in alpha order by the region where they are located.
** If I missed you, please contact me and I will add you to the list! **
WEST
Heidi from Absinthe Knits (San Diego, CA). Beginning August 1, I'll try my damnedest to eat food that is grown and produced within a 100 mile radius of San Diego.
Kate from A Suburban Treehugger (Puget Sound, WA).
Sherrill from Baa Bonny Belle (Washington). The most local will be right out of my garden with green beans, tomatoes, cukes, zucchinni that will be ready for picking
Sam from Becks and Posh (San Francisco, CA). The main reason I, personally, want to take part is in order to continue to educate myself about what I am eating and where it comes from.
Mrs. D from Belly-Timber (Friday Harbor, Washington). This little island and her archipelago sisters; this is our true foodshed, and this is where we'll attempt to gather the lion's share of our August food.
Pim from Chez Pim (San Francisco, CA).
Suzanne from Failing at living, sustainably (Davis, CA). Pantry and refrigerator have a non-local shelves that are off-limits for the month. We’ll see how we do without parmesan reggiano.
Holli from Flibberty Gibbett (San Francisco, CA).
Jack from Fork and Bottle (Santa Rosa).
Cookiecrumb from I'm Mad and I Eat (Santa Venetia, CA). I know one thing for sure: The tomatoes will come from a 100-foot radius.
Brett from In Praise of Sardines (Bay Area). So, although I'm arriving at the Eat Local party when it's half over, I want to offer my support and congratulations to all those who have been participating for the whole month! Go team!
Andrea from Mellow Trouble (Los Angeles).
mipmup from Mipmup (Southern California). my goal is to have each meal contain at least 50-75% locally-grown/raised items.
Alice from My Epicurean Debauchery (Bay Area). I will promise to eat exclusively local fruits and vegetables this month, purchasing fresh produce only at farmer's markets and boycotting all grocery stores.
Maleah from Nature Knitter (Southern California). … what better inspiration than a challenge that accomplishes what I'm trying to do!
Sarah from Sarah's Homestead Blog ("woods of Oregon"). We will attempt to go all the way, and do all meals, concentrating most heavily on dinner.
Tana Butler from Small Farms (Santa Cruz County, CA). Hans and Heidi are my local fishing outfit, and I usually pick up some salmon at the farmers market.
Owen from Tomatilla (San Francisco, CA).
Kathy from Vast Amount of Spare Time (Southern California). I make almost every meal my family eats, so any change in where our food comes from will be a large one, percentage wise.
Jeanne from World on a Plate (San Francisco, CA). Although it's impossible to source Jamba Juice locally they are a local company (wink).
me from Life Begins @ 30 (San Francisco, CA). Anything that I buy or cook for the household will be locally grown.
MIDWEST
Liz from A Typical Mom (Des Moines Suburbs).
Heather from Based on a True Story (Midwest). being aware and making a concious effort to incorporate local produce into my diet will be an interesting project.
Sara from Buona Sara. As much as I dream of living like Annie Dillard or Wendell Berry, I typically buy whatever looks decent and is on sale at Giant.
Gina from Cauldron Ridge (St Joe, Indiana). This is my goal--eat local first; eat globally on special occasions.
Dianna from Infinite Stitch (Illinois). Local will mean Illinois and Michigan with the most focus on my city.
Resident Minx from Jinxed Minx (Suburban Detroit). Getting into a discussion in a local yarn shop made me realize that it's never easy - you must decide for yourself which piece of the food puzzle is most important.
Alanna from Kitchen Parade: Veggie Venture (St. Louis, Missouri). Incorporating eating local into her blog goal of writing new about new veggie recipes every day.
Mary from Knitting Notes (Ohio). I'm going to define local as any product grown or produced in Ohio.
Expat Chef from The Expatriate's Kitchen (Midwest). It could be a bit on this week's type of tomato (German stripe or lemony or zebra) or it could be what the hell to do with kohlrabi.
Barbara from Tiger & Strawberries (Ohio). Knowing that I have spread the idea of sustainability to a few other people makes me unbelieveably happy.
Vital Information from (Chicago, IL). Has a list of local resources on his site and thinks that the eat local challenge is a natural fit for him.
NORTHEAST
Naomi from an ent knits (Philadelphia, PA). for the month of August, all the food I buy is going to be from the farmers' market or the co-op.
Jennifer from Cookin' in the 'Cuse (Syracuse, NY). It is my hope that the month of August will not only be a delicious month but will give us the chance to see the rich possibilities of eating locally and sustainably in Central New York.
David from Eating New Jersey (New Jersey). However, effort will be made to use restaurants that at least make some effort to use local foods and to bring local foods to potluck style events.
Sara from Folk Food (Seacoast Region of New Hampshire). I'd tell you more but then I'd have to kill you.
Rebecca from Green-eyed Knitter (Western New York).
Gina from Hmmmm …. Musings On …. (New Jersey). I’m a willing and eager participant.
Lisa from KnitSox (Red Sox Nation).
Kristin from Kristin Confit (New York City). Last night, I began the challenge, and three of us feasted on mussels harvested by Blue Moon Fish from Long Island.
Lenn from Lenndevours (New York). I think by thinking about where each bite comes from is the first step in enjoying food to its fullest.
Sarah from Misadventures (Maryland). I am including anything that I get from a family farm around the Chesapeake watershed area.
Norma from Now Norma Knits (Vermont). I already eat mostly Vermont-grown......well, EVERYTHING. Much of it comes from my own backyard.
Liz from Pocket Farm (Maine). We're also experimenting with growing a small plot of wheat to mill ourselves.
Stephanie from stefoodie.net (Northwest PA). Since we have been blessed to live in an area surrounded by local farms -- which we don't take advantage of often enough -- our family has decided to take the challenge and participate
Janis from The Farmette Report (West Maryland). I want to be more mindful about what I eat.
Parke from US Food Policy (Massachusetts). There is something appealing about a dirty crooked carrot in a world full of obedient clean conical supercarrots.
SOUTHEAST
Jamie from 10 Signs Like This (The South). We will attempt to consume only foods grown in the American South, i.e., from Texas eastward and from Maryland southward.
Christine from Farm Groupie (Washington DC Area).
Becky from it's a bexala world (Louisiana). Because the move cuts the month in half and my kitchen will be packed in a week, I am going to set a goal of one meal a week completely from local sources.
Annie from Knitty Gritty. I have since spent a lot of time thinking of how I will make changes in my life
Kevin from Seriously Good (Knoxville, TN). But local producers can also translate to more input from you concerning what's available.
SOUTHWEST
Eva from True Epicure Says (Phoenix, AZ). Unfortunately, August being the worst time of year for being outdoors here, there are a number of farmer’s markets that are closed.
CANADA
Kelly from marmalade.ca (Toronto, Canada). The city has a gazillion Farmers’ Markets, and each week we’ll visit one.
Heather from Viva Epicurea (Kelowna, BC). My definition of “local” is 130 kilometers
INTERNATIONAL
Trixye from La Cosa Knitstra (Cambridge, England). There's a great market here in Cambridge, and I do quite often use it in the summer time, just not as much as I should.
Claire from Little Fish Creations (Gippsland, Australia). Riscy and I have decided to accept the Eat Local challenge. It is mid winter here, so I think we will need to be fairly creative this August
Andrew from Spittoon.biz (UK). Every other week I receive a local veg-box from Thame based Local Tastes
Oh my goodness! Thanks for putting in all of the effort to get that list together, it looks great.
Posted by: Trixye | August 01, 2005 at 09:26 AM
What a thrill to be in such great company - I'm going to link to this page to encourage other would-be participants.
Posted by: Janis | August 02, 2005 at 03:32 AM
What a great round-up! I love the quotes you included from everyone. It's all so inspiring!
Posted by: mrs D | August 02, 2005 at 02:55 PM
What a great round-up! I love the quotes you included from everyone. It's all so inspiring!
Posted by: mrs D | August 02, 2005 at 02:58 PM
Don't know if you saw this LA Times Magazine article or not, so thought I'd pass it along. Most of the points covered in the article, you've discussed on your blog, but still nice to see such media coverage. http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-localfood31jul31,1,755689.story?page=2&cset=true&ctrack=1&coll=la-headlines-magazine
Posted by: countdowntothirty | August 03, 2005 at 01:07 PM
Wow, this list did take considerable time and effort. Thanks!
Posted by: Gina | August 07, 2005 at 07:29 PM
Hello! On September 1st six of us up in northern Minnesota began a year-long Local Food Challenge. We have defined 'local' as a 250-mile radius of our homes. Most comes from within 50 miles, but there are a few items that we really appreciate having from the 250 range. We are each allowed 12 'trade items' that we can have at any time. My list includes: water, oil, herbs/spices, salt, leavening agents, microorganisms (for all our ferments), peanut butter, chocolate, sweet potatoes, alcohol...and two more that I haven't decided on yet.
Posted by: Sunny Johnson | October 19, 2005 at 11:50 AM