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About Buy Fresh Buy Local

Buy Fresh Buy Local chapters are popping up in every community across the USA! Check to see if a chapter is located near you or in your state CHAPTERS LIST or contact FoodRoutes if you are interested in starting a chapter at Click here for a list of our current Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapters.

CHAPTERS AT WORK:
Our BFBL Chapter Affiliates are connecting consumers in communities throughout the country to the freshest, most delicious locally grown and locally produced foods available. Through outreach education, fun events, festivals, farmers markets and by supporting local food system revitalization our chapter members and chapter affiliates are hard at work expanding the availability and quality of locally grown and produced foods. Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapters are coordinated nationally by FoodRoutes Network, a nonprofit organization based in Pennsylvania.

Making a Difference

  • In Northeast Iowa, the chapters have helped double local food purchases among twenty three institutional buyers, including hospitals, retirement homes, restaurants, grocers, and colleges. Together, these institutions spent approximately $465,000 on locally produced fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy and baked goods in 2004 – dollars that otherwise might not have been invested locally.
  • Kansas City’s Chapter has tracked a 36% increase in local food sales for the Good Natured Family Farmers Cooperative selling through a group of locally owned and operated supermarkets in the Kansas City metro area since the chapter’s inception in summer, 2004.
  • In Alabama the BFBL Chapter Affiliate coordinated 204 billboards displaying the Buy Fresh Buy Local logo for 2 months reaching an average daily viewing of 1,043,000 people.
  • Louisiana BFBL held a “Cast-Iron Chef Challenge” which had two teams from Louisiana State University go up against a team of local consumers who enjoy cooking. The challenge was to use a host of local ingredients.
  • Pennsylvania held successful BFBL field trips as part of BFBL Month that invited consumers into the homes of many local family farms to see and learn where their local food comes from.

Help Make A Difference with Us! Join or start a logo BFBL Chapter in your community contact FoodRoutes to learn more at Start a local Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapter! Click here, to learn how to start a local Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapter.

Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapters
Alabama:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Alabama (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Alabama Farmers Market Authority

California:
Buy Fresh Buy Local California (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)

Local Chapters:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Brentwood
Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Coast
Buy Fresh Buy Local Gold Coast
Buy Fresh Buy Local Bay Area
Buy Fresh Buy Local San Luis Obispo
Buy Fresh Buy Local Northern San Joaquin
Buy Fresh Buy Local Sacramento Valley
Buy Fresh Buy Local Southern San Joaquin Valley
Buy Fresh Buy Local North Coast

Colorado/New Mexico/Wyoming:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Rocky Mountain Farmers Union

Georgia:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Georgia (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Georgia Organics, Inc.

Idaho / Eastern Washington / Oregon:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Idaho Inland Northwest (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Rural Roots

Illinois:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Illinois (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Illinois Stewardship Alliance

Buy Fresh Buy Local (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) The Land Connection

Indiana:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Hancock County (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Hancock Harvest Council

Buy Fresh Buy Local West Indianapolis (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Market at Morris Street

Iowa:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Iowa Statewide Chapter

Local Chapters:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Black Hawk County Chapter
Buy Fresh Buy Local Fairfield Chapter
Buy Fresh Buy Local Southeast Iowa Chapter
Buy Fresh Buy Local Northeast Iowa Chapter
Buy Fresh Buy Local Des Moines Metro
Buy Fresh Buy Local Iowa Valley
Buy Fresh Buy Local Limestone Bluffs
Buy Fresh Buy Local Prairie Partners
Buy Fresh Buy Local Johnson County Chapter
Buy Fresh Buy Local Quad City Chapter

Louisiana:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Louisiana (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Big River Economic & Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA)

Massachusetts:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Cape Cod (Cape Cod Extension- Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Massachusetts (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP)

Maryland:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Chesapeake Region (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance

Minnesota:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Minnesota (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Land Stewardship Project (LSP)

Local Chapters:
Upper Minnesota River Valley
Red River Valley
St Croix River Valley

Missouri:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Kansas City (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) and Good Natured Family Farms Cooperative

 Local Chapters:
Kansas Rural Center

Montana:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Montana (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO)

Nebraska:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Nebraska (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Nebraska Cooperative Development Center

Nevada:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Nevada (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Nevada Certified Farmers Market Association

New Jersey:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Northwest New Jersey (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) New Jersey Foodshed Alliance

New York:
Buy Fresh Buy Local New York (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NYSAWG)

Oklahoma:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Oklahoma (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Local Chapter:
Sustainable Green Country
Buy Fresh Buy Local Payne County

Pennsylvania:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Pennsylvania (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)

Local Chapters:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Western PA (PASA)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Greater Philadelphia (White Dog Community Enterprises – Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Chester County Chapter
Buy Fresh Buy Local Lancaster County Chapter
Buy Fresh Buy Local Greater Lehigh Valley
Buy Fresh Buy Local Northern Tier Chapter (Northern Tier Cultural Alliance – Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local South Central PA Chapter
Buy Fresh Buy Local Valleys of the Susquehanna (SEDA Council of Governments – Local Chapter Coordinator)

Tennessee:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Chattanooga, TN (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Middle Tennessee (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Friends of the Nashville Farmers Market

Virginia:

Buy Fresh Buy Local Charlottesville (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Piedmont Environmental Council (PECVA)

Buy Fresh Buy Local Northern Piedmont (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Piedmont Environmental Council (PECVA)

Buy Fresh Buy Local Loudoun County (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Piedmont Environmental Council (PECVA)

Buy Fresh Buy Local Richmond Area (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Buy Fresh Buy Local Shenandoah Valley (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Buy Fresh Buy Local South Centre Corridors (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) South Centre Corridors RC&D;

West Virginia:
Buy Fresh Buy Local West Virginia (West Virginia Farmers Market Association – Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Wisconsin:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Milwaukee (Fondy Market – Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Southern Wisconsin (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Research, Education, Action and Policy on Food Group (REAP Food Group)

Farm to College

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College students: do you want delicious, nutritious local foods in your university or college cafeteria? You can start a Farm to College program to get your school’s food service to purchase food from local farmers.

Because they order food in large quantities, colleges and universities have big potential for supporting local foods. By starting a Farm to College program at your university, you help make a difference for local farmers in your community and get to enjoy the benefits of safe, healthy food.

FoodRoutes Network has partnered with the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) and the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture to develop a set of resources and information for students interested in starting farm to college programs at their universities. Our current partnership resources are listed below (scroll down for contact info).

Resources for Students

Promotional Series
Check out our Farm to College Resources, including our new promotional sheets for students interested in starting Farm to College programs at their educational institution. Use them as campaign fliers to get other students, faculty and food service personnel working for your cause.

You can find this Farm to College series as well as other tools for food and farming advocates in our Tools for Action section. Download, print and distribute as many as you want.

Other Resources
Some good initial references for those interested in farm-to-college programs include:

  • Oxfam America?s Buy Local Food and Farm Toolkit: A Guide for Student Organizers (PDF format; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader), which includes background information and specific action students can take to support local food systems
  • The Community Food Security Coalition?s (CFSC) extensive page on Farm to College programs with recommended resources, conference information, and technical assistance
  • How Local Farmers and School Food Service Buyers Are Building Alliances (PDF format; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) from the Agricultural Marketing Service
  • Our Communicator’s toolkit Where Does Your Food Come From? discusses how to effectively develop a local foods campaign and what kinds of messages resonate with public audiences
  • Public Citizen’s Stop Food Irradiation Student Activist Kit (PDF format; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) which details how students can help keep irradiated food off their campuses

Further Assistance and Contact Info

The three groups below have joined together to form a collaboration around working with students to encourage their schools to buy food from local farmers and to support sustainable agriculture policies.

Community Food Security Coalition
The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) is a national, non-profit coalition of organizations dedicated to food and agriculture issues.

Contact the Farm to College Program Manager, Kristen Markley, at 570-658-2265 or FoodRoutes Network
FoodRoutes Network (FRN) can provide student groups working to establish and sustain farm-to-college programs with tools, resources and messages that can be used to build awareness campaigns on their college campuses.

Contact us at 570-638-3608 or The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture is dedicated to shaping public policy that promotes a sustainable food and agriculture system that is economically viable, environmentally sound, socially just, and humane.

The Campaign can provide you with information that will help you hold your Congress people accountable through phone calling, letter writing, attending meetings with your Congress people, and holding rallies to get press attention to pressure your Congress person. Contact the Campaign at 845-744-8448 or

Buy Local Challenge

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Sign On and Show Your Support for Local Food

Sign up for free now ? enter for a chance to win a free Buy Local Gift Basket.

Click here to take the Challenge

When you purchase local food, you’ll get a wealth of benefits. You’ll get exceptional taste and freshness, strengthen your local economy, support family farms, safeguard your family’s health, and protect the environment.

Now you can show your support for local food and farms by signing on to FoodRoutes’ “Buy Local” Challenge. Just enter your information on the challenge form and click “submit.” Everyone who signs up in 2007 will also be entered in our drawing for a free gift box from our favorite hometown local food retailer and CSA farm: Tait Farm Foods as well as the newest CD from FoodRoutes partner, Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, Adrienne Young “Room to Grow”.

When you sign up, you get a personal e-mail from FoodRoutes own “Farmer Sally” a sustainable vegetable farmer who lives near the FoodRoutes Home Office and supplies us with wonderful fresh produce in season. Farmer Sally loves to chat with all our friends and help you with any questions you might have about local foods.

Remember, every little bit helps:

A recent study in Maine shows that shifting just 1% of consumer expenditures to direct purchasing of local food products would increase farmers’ income by 5%. Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) estimates that by encouraging Maine residents to spend just $10/week on local food, $100,000,000 will be invested back into farmers’ pockets and the Maine economy each growing season.

Think how many local communities would benefit if everyone in the U.S. spent just $10 a week on local food.

Click here to take the Challenge

Local Food in the Winter?

Do you live in the Northern states? Think you can’t find local food in the winter? …Think again!

Many farmers continue to sell animal products like dairy, eggs, and meat throughout the winter months. Some vegetables even grow throughout much of the winter and, depending on your location, you may have a very bountiful winter harvest!

Just search our map to see when different products are available.

Need More Information?

Click on the links below to learn more about buying local and the Buy Local Challenge:

  • Get more information on buying local in our Buy Local section.
  • See how much money has been pledged so far in your state on the “Buy Local” Scoreboard.
  • Tell a friend about this challenge.
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
  • Read about FoodRoutes in our About Section.
  • FoodRoutes’ Privacy Policy

Click here to take the Challenge

* Drawing will be held on December 10, 2007. ENTRY DATE EXTENDED: All entries must be received by December 9, 2007. Prize package will include a gift box from our favorite hometown local food retailer and CSA farm: Tait Farm Foods as well as a CD’s from FoodRoutes partner, Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, Adrienne Young. Only one entry per person please! To enter you may also write to: FoodRoutes Buy Local Challenge Drawing, P.O. Box 55 – Apple Lane, Arnot, PA 16911.

Click here to enter the Meatrix

FAQs

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What is a foodshed?

The term “foodshed” is similar to the concept of a watershed: while watersheds outline the flow of water supplying a particular area, foodsheds outline the flow of food feeding a particular area. Your foodshed encompasses the farm, your table and everything in between.

The modern US foodshed includes the entire world. Much of our food traverses the globe to reach our dinner table. In fact, food can often travel back and forth thousands of miles to different processing plants before it eventually reaches you.

Foodsheds are particularly useful in describing and promoting local food systems. When we look at our agricultural system in terms of the origins and pathways of our food items, then it becomes easier to expand these pathways and focus them at the local level.

Foodshed References

 

  • www.foodshed.wisc.edu/foodshed.htm
  • Coming into the Foodshed in Agriculture and Human Values 13:3, 1996

 

 

The Best Tasting Food Ripens Close to Home

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The Freshest, Most Flavorful Food is Just Around the Corner

Food travels on average 1,300 miles from farm to table.1

  • Most fresh fruits and vegetables produced in the U.S. are shipped from California, Florida, and Washington.2
  • Fruits and vegetables shipped from distant states and countries can spend as many as seven to fourteen days in transit before they arrive in the supermarket.3
  • Most fruit and vegetable varieties sold in supermarkets are chosen for their ability to withstand industrial harvesting equipment and extended travel not taste. This results in little variety in the plants grown.

Taste the difference in fresh, local food and judge for yourself!

  • Premium Taste. Locally grown fruits and vegetables are usually sold within 24 hours of being harvested. Produce picked and eaten at the height of ripeness has exceptional flavor and, when handled properly, is packed with nutrients.
  • Maximum Freshness. By choosing local produce at farm stands, farmers markets, pick-your-own farms and grocery stores, you pay for taste, not transportation and packaging.
  • Unique Varieties. Local farmers often grow a large assortment of unique varieties of products to provide the most flavorful choices throughout the season.

Buying local is this easy:

  • Find a farmer, farmers’ market, farm stand, or local food outlet near you, visit www.foodroutes.org/localfood/.
  • Shop at your local farmers’ market or farm stand for the freshest, best tasting food available. It’s easy to find local food. There are over 3,100 farmers’ markets in the U.S.—one is probably near you!4
  • Encourage your local grocery stores and area restaurants to purchase more of their products from local farmers.

1Originally from: U.S. Department of Defense. 1969. US Agriculture: Potential Vulnerabilities. Standford Research Institute, Menlo Park CA.
Updated statistic: ?In the United States, food typically travels between 1,500 and 2,500 miles from farm to plate, as much as 25 percent farther than In 1980? (Brian Halweil. 2002. Home Grown. Worldwatch Institute. url: http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/paper/163/orderpage.html).

2USDA. 2002. ?Leading Producer States by Commodity Groups, 2001.? Economic Research Service Web site. url: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/FarmIncome/firkdmu.htm.

3Mary S. Choate. No date given. ?A Good Tomato in Winter, Where?? Co-op Food Stores Web site. url: http://www.coopfoodstore.com/news/Archives/arch_nutatt/seasonal/tomatoes.html.

4USDA. 2002. ?Farmer?s Market Facts.? Agricultural Marketing Services Web site. url: http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/facts.htm.

There Are Many Good Reasons To Buy Locally Grown Food

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There Are Many Good Reasons To Buy Locally Grown Food

Locally grown food

You’ll get exceptional taste and freshness.

Local food is fresher and tastes better than food shipped long distances from other states or countries. Local farmers can offer produce varieties bred for taste and freshness rather than for shipping and long shelf life.

You’ll strengthen your local economy.

Buying local food keeps your dollars circulating in your community. Getting to know the farmers who grow your food builds relationships based on understanding and trust, the foundation of strong communities.

You’ll support endangered family farms.

There’s never been a more critical time to support your farming neighbors. With each local food purchase, you ensure that more of your money spent on food goes to the farmer.

You’ll safeguard your family’s health.

Knowing where your food comes from and how it is grown or raised enables you to choose safe food from farmers who avoid or reduce their use of chemicals, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, or genetically modified seed in their operations. Buy food from local farmers you trust.

You’ll protect the environment.

Local food doesn’t have to travel far. This reduces carbon dioxide emissions and packing materials. Buying local food also helps to make farming more profitable and selling farmland for development less attractive.

When you buy local food, you vote with your food dollar. This ensures that family farms in your community will continue to thrive and that healthy, flavorful, plentiful food will be available for future generations.

Buying local is this easy:

  • Find a farmer, farmers’ market, farm stand, or local food outlet near you, visit www.foodroutes.org/localfood/.
  • Shop at your local farmers’ market or farm stand for the freshest, best tasting food available. It’s easy to find local food. There are over 3,100 farmers’ markets in the U.S.—one is probably near you!
  • Encourage your local grocery stores and area restaurants to purchase more of their products from local farmers.

BFBL Chapters

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Buy Fresh Buy Local ® chapters are popping up in communities across the US! To find your local BFBL Chapter, check out the chapter list below or contact us.

Our chapter affiliates are connecting consumers in communities throughout the country to the freshest, most delicious locally grown and locally produced foods available. Through outreach education, fun events, festivals, farmers markets and by supporting local food system revitalization, our chapter members and chapter affiliates are hard at work expanding the availability and quality of locally grown and produced foods.

Can’t find a BFBL Chapter near you? Start a BFBL Chapter in your community.

Alabama:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Alabama – Alabama Farmers Market Authority (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

California:
Buy Fresh Buy Local California – Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Local Chapters:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Bay Area
Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Coast
Buy Fresh Buy Local Humboldt County
Buy Fresh Buy Local North Coast
Buy Fresh Buy Local North Valley – North California Regional Land Trust (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Santa Clara Valley

llinois:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Illinois – Illinois Stewardship Alliance (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Indiana:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Hoosier Harvest Council (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Iowa:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Iowa (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Local Chapters:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Iowa
Buy Fresh Buy Local Greater Des Moines Metro – Drake Agriculture Law Center (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Hometown Harvest – Hometown Harvest of Southeast Iowa (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Johnson County – Field to Family (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Northeast/Upper Iowa – ISU Extension (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local North Central/Healthy Harvest of North Iowa
Buy Fresh Buy Local Quad Cities
Buy Fresh Buy Local Riverbend – USDA NRCS (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Sioux City/Siouxland
Buy Fresh Buy Local Southeast Iowa
Buy Fresh Buy Local SWIFFI – Southwest Iowa Food & Farm Initiatives (SWIFFI) (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local UNI – Center for Energy & Environmental Education- University of Northern Iowa (Local Chapter Coordinator)

Kansas:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Kansas City and Good Natured Family Farms Cooperative (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Massachusetts:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Massachusetts – Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP) (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Local Chapter:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Cape Cod – Cape Cod Extension (Local Chapter Coordinator)

Maryland:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Chesapeake – Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Minnesota:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Pride of the Prairie – West Central Regional Sustainable Development Partnership (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local St Croix River Valley – St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development, University of Wisconsin River Falls (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Missouri:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Kansas City and Good Natured Family Farms Cooperative (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Nebraska:

Buy Fresh Buy Local Nebraska – Nebraska Cooperative Development Center (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Local Chapter:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Southeast – Public Health Solutions District Health Department (Local Chapter Coordinator)

New Jersey:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Jersey City – Jersey City Division of City Planning (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

New York:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Catskills – Pure Catskills (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

North Carolina:
Buy Fresh Buy Local North Carolina – The SEED Foundation of North Carolina (Local Chapter)

Oklahoma:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Oklahoma – OK Farm and Food Alliance (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Oklahoma

Pennsylvania: 
Buy Fresh Buy Local Pennsylvania – PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Local Chapters: 
Buy Fresh Buy Local Centre County
Buy Fresh Buy Local Chester County
Buy Fresh Buy Local Fayette & Greene County – Fay-Penn Economic Development Council (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Greater Lehigh Valley – Nurture Nature Center (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Greater Philadelphia – Fair Food Philly (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Lancaster County – Franklin and Marshall College (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Northern Tier Chapter – Northern Tier Cultural Alliance (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Northeast Region – University of Scranton Small Business Development Center (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local South Central – Capital RC&D Council (Local Chapter Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Southeastern
Buy Fresh Buy Local Valleys of the Susquehanna
Buy Fresh Buy Local Western
Buy Fresh Buy Local York County – York County Agriculture Business Council (Local Chapter Coordinator)

South Dakota:
Buy Fresh Buy Local South Dakota – South Dakota Value-Added Agriculture Development Center (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Virginia:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Charlottesville –  Piedmont Environmental Council (PECVA) (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Buy Fresh Buy Local Fredericksburg Region – The Farmers Market.Co (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Hampton Roads (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Buy Fresh Buy Local Heart of Virginia – Old Dominion Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Loudoun County – Piedmont Environmental Council (PECVA) (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Northern Virginia – Inova Health System (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Northern Piedmont – Piedmont Environmental Council (PECVA) (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Richmond Area (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local Shenandoah Valley – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University through its Virginia Cooperative Extension (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)
Buy Fresh Buy Local South Centre Corridors – South Centre Corridors RC&D Council (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

West Virginia:
Buy Fresh Buy Local West Virginia – West Virginia Farmers Market Association (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Wisconsin:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Southern Wisconsin – Research, Education, Action and Policy on Food Group (REAP Food Group) (Local Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Wyoming:
Buy Fresh Buy Local Wyoming – Wyoming Farmers Marketing Association (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator)

Find Good Food

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Find Good Food Near You. Want fresh, locally grown food, but don’t know where to find it? The Local Harvest community level map makes it easy to find sustainable farmers, farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture projects (CSAs) in your area. Just click on the map below to zoom in, or enter your zip code to get quick results.

Find Good Food Near You. Want fresh, locally grown food, but don’t know where to find it? The Local Harvest community level map makes it easy to find sustainable farmers, farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture projects (CSAs) in your area. Just click on the map below to zoom in, or enter your zip code to get quick results.

Couldn’t find what you were looking for?

Help us round out our database by either contacting farmers or farmers’ market managers in your area, and encouraging them to visit our site. We’ve done our best to reach direct marketing farmers nationwide, but there are still many more who need to hear about the site. Farmers’ markets are even harder to reach, so your help is especially valuable.

Looking for a CSA farm? The Robyn van En Center has updated listings of tons of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) projects around the country. Click here to visit.

 

My Recommended Store-bought Snacks

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My Recommended Store-bought Snacks

How often have you gone to the office and not had time to make healthy food with you? Probably many times. Sometimes you wake up later than you should, get dressed quickly, and run to the office without realizing that you didn’t put a package of food in your bag. What is the saving solution? A healthy snack that you can buy at any supermarket.

Store bought snacks

Hopefully, after reading this article, you’ll know what to look for next time you will take a trip to your favorite store! Sometimes we are not aware that we can find some nutrient-packed foods on the shelves, and on top of that, also very delicious! So, I want to share some of the healthy snacks that you can never go wrong with.

Let’s get right to it:

Nuts

Raw nuts and seeds contain essential fatty acids and healthy fats that maintain a healthy brain. They taste perfect and give you a feeling of satiety between meals. Choose almonds, walnuts, cashews, macadamia nuts, pecans, etc. But it is essential to choose raw nuts, as little processed as possible, and avoid fried, salted, or sweetened ones. Also, to avoid consuming a large number of calories, limit your snack to a maximum of a small handful of nuts a day.

Snack

Dried Fruit

This one is the easiest to find in any store. Dried fruits have many benefits on the human body and are those fruits that are easy to eat anywhere, anytime. They are easy to store (in a small bag or casserole), easy to buy, and not expensive.

Dried fruits are rich in antioxidants, fiber, and complex carbohydrates, containing many vitamins and minerals necessary for human vitality, offering almost the same health benefits as fresh ones. Rich in sucrose, fructose, and glucose naturally, they provide a constant source of energy.

Avoid dried fruits with added sugar! Some producers add artificial sweeteners to the fruits before they are dried to make them sweeter; these are candied fruits. Read the labels carefully before buying a pack of dried fruits.

Protein bars

Protein bars are a popular snack because they are an easy and quick way to add protein and other nutrients to our diet when we have an active life and are very busy. For a breakfast bar you can make at home, try my dark chocolate strawberry oat bars.

Beware: protein bars should never replace a varied and healthy diet rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants from natural sources. However, bars can be an excellent alternative in some situations, especially when tempted by unhealthy processed foods that we stumble across.

It is essential to read the product label carefully before choosing a protein bar. There are many products on the market that have a very high amount of sugar and sweeteners. Make sure the percentage of sweeteners is as low as possible. Look at the list of ingredients. They are labeled in descending order of quantity.

Pay attention to the number of calories in the protein bar. Do not exceed 300-350 calories per bar unless you want to increase your calorie intake and develop your muscles, in which case you may need more calories. The protein-carbohydrate ratio depends on your lifestyle – whether you are an active or less active person.

Avoid products that contain dyes, synthetic preservatives, or other artificial ingredients. We all already know that it is good to avoid chemicals in food because they can be harmful to our health.

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