Welcome to the 2nd Annual Eat Local Challenge

[Krista Harris / Edible Santa Barbara]

Last October’s Eat Local Challenge was so satisfying that we are going
to do it again this year. So, please join us as we take a pledge to
eat only locally grown/produced food for the 31 days of October!

How It Works
You can choose to eat only foods produced within a 100 or 150 mile
radius, or Santa Barbara County or the tri-county region or even the
state of California. You might decide to eat only produce that is
grown in Santa Barbara County, but dairy, meat and other food products
might come from within 150 miles or elsewhere in California.

You can also choose to have exceptions that you will not be eating
locally (i.e. coffee, tea or spices). Or you can choose food products
like tea or coffee that are roasted or packaged by local companies.

The important thing is to benefit from the experience of joining with
your community to eat locally produced food. Please read Janice Cook
Knight's article on the Eat Local Challenge for more inspiration:
http://www.ediblecommunities.com/santabarbara/fall-2009/eat-local-challenge.htm

And writer Janice Cook Knight came up with an accompanying challenge—
The Plastic Challenge, where we will give up single-use plastic and
decrease or eliminate the many forms of plastic in our lives. So,
please also consider joining us at the Plastic Challenge Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/sb-plastic-challenge

How Can Find Local Food? How Do I Get Started?
You can find lots of resources right here in this group. In addition,
information will be provided at the Farmers Markets and on
ediblesantabarbara.com.

We also invite you to come out and visit us at the first annual SOL
Food Festival on October 2, which will celebrate Sustainable, Organic
and Local food. The entire month of October we will be celebrating
food as part of epicure.sb, and I encourage everyone to take part in
the many festivities that will be happening throughout Santa Barbara.

Enjoy,
-Krista

Krista Harris
Editor/Publisher of Edible Santa Barbara
www.ediblesantabarbara.com