Fw: Accept our Thanksgiving Challenge!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Consumers Union" <act...@consumer.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:18 PM
Subject: Accept our Thanksgiving Challenge!
> Join our Local Food Challenge!
>
> 1. Check out your options to buy a local, sustainable, or organic
> ingredient at the Eat Well Guide.
> http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=4Z-ot45-6gZ03NlE_oraWQ..
>
> 2. Share the recipe you intend to make with that ingredient with our
> famous chefs and with us!
> http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=KD0Im9EZWPeANrfHHRlZkA..
>
> 3. We will post all the recipes here, where you can find great holiday
> dishes.
> http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=Man2_XL8KmHSJ1BPrHrIPw..
>
>
> In partnership with the Eat Well Guide, an easy online tool to
> find fresh, locally grown food in your area, we've issued the Thanksgiving
> Local and Organic Food Challenge!
>
> Find at least one locally grown or organic ingredient for your
> coming Thanksgiving feast!
> http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=k5Lc4V3gv5-uBAOodiIf0A..
>
> If you have tasted a home grown tomato, pulled an apple straight
> off the tree, or picked up pecans from a neighbor's yard, then you
> know why so many people are passionate about finding and eating
> locally grown food.
>
> Buying local reduces your "carbon footprint." Your food hasn't been
> harvested prematurely and shipped thousands of miles. Organic farmers
> bring you foods grown more humanely and without chemicals or genetic
> modification.
>
> So take a moment right now to check out all your local options in our
> Challenge!
> http://cu.convio.net/site/R?i=kdX2d9gKRlNcyBsX4zcqKA..
>
> Then, once you have located local or organic food, come to our
> website--where famous chefs Alice Waters, Dan Barber, and Mario
> Batali kick off our Challenge with some favorite recipes
> just for you. If you already know the recipe you intend to use
> for your local ingredient, you can share it with everyone now...or
> share it later.
>
> Alice Waters suggests you might "roast a delicious Heritage organic
> turkey. These birds are slow growing and spend a large part of their
> lives grazing and foraging which results in a deep and complex
> flavor." You can also get something as simple as an organically
> produced veggie at very little cost.
>
> Dan Barber reminds us that buying local also helps local
> farmers. "Remember what we know intuitively: that we aren't
> healthy unless our farms are healthy; that the end of the food chain
> is connected to the beginning of the food chain."
>
> And tell your friends to join you in our Challenge! Let's get as
> many people as we can to buy local, support sustainable farmers, and
> eat well.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jean Halloran
> NotInMyFood.org
> A project of Consumers Union
> 101 Truman Ave.
> Yonkers, NY 10703