On this past Sunday we gathered in our beautiful demonstration back yard at Sustainable Fairfax and delved into the topic of localizing our food.  We discovered the importance of relationship.  Our lives and our worlds are defined by relationship.  Relationship to ourselves our families our communities, and inherent in each of those is our relationship to the earth, the soil and our farmers.  We came away with a renewed inspiration to nurture those relationships and bring a sense of community and consciousness to our Holiday feasts as well as our everyday meals.

Paige Phinney from Marin Organic , Mindy of Good Earth and Richard from Farm Fresh to You graciously donated their time and energy and gave us a very thorough resource list for beginning and continuing the process of eating local. The simple action of localizing your food source has a powerful and important set of impacts

• Drastically Reduces Carbon Emissions  
• Builds local economy
• Builds local food security
• Builds soil
• Creates local jobs
• Improves seed-stock diversification
• Creates a sense of community and connection to the earth
• Reminds us of our natural rhythms and seasons
• Gives us the opportunity to participate in growing our own food

Peruse these links provided by Paige to really begin to take the 100 mile challenge, we really are what we eat! Bon Appétit 

Also remember that good old Good Earth is so wonderful to take the initiative to include information on where the food item comes from, they are doing the leg work for us so that we can be good citizens and make positive local choices.

www.marinorganic.org

www.marinorganic.org//p_tours.php

www.marinorganic.org/producer_programs.php

www.marinorganic.org/producers/producers_allstar.html

www.marinorganic.org/p_volunteer.php