Welcome to the 2013 Eat Local Challenge!

[Krista Harris / Edible Santa Barbara]

Welcome! This is the fifth year that we've sponsored an Eat Local Challenge for the month of October, along with partners Santa Barbara Certified Farmers Market and the Community Environmental Council and new this year, the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. It has really become a community-supported event. 

So, thank you all for being part of the Google Group. We'll update this group with any major announcements during the month of October and please feel free to post questions, comments or status updates. You can also search through the past threads for information and ideas. And here are a couple other places you'll want to go:

Join the Eat Local Challenge Group on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/401499826574472/

RSVP at the 2013 Event Page for the Eat Local Challenge on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/288739627935818/

I will also be blogging on the Edible Santa Barbara website, and you can read the first entry here:

http://www.ediblecommunities.com/santabarbara/

Whether you've taken the Challenge in past years or whether you're new to it this year or even if you're on fence about whether or not you can take the Challenge, I hope you'll ask questions and stimulate discussion about what is local and where to find it. We all benefit from sharing our experience and our interest in local food.

Cheers!

Krista Harris

Editor and Publisher

Edible Santa Barbara