Local Dirt
A great new website, Local Dirt (www.localdirt.com/), is a place that brings sellers and buyers of local food together. Here in Los Angeles, I’m spoiled by Farmers Markets that happen all over the city, multiple times a week. So as a test, I used my hometown zip code from NY. Voila! A ton of Farmers Markets close by.
A viable question that people often have about the local movement is – ‘where do I start,’ and, ‘how are local products doable during winter months?’ …Start at Local Dirt, type in your zip, and see what pops up. While your local Farmers Markets typically won’t have summer fruits like strawberries in the fall and winter, you’ll find some other interesting produce/products.
The best part of buying local foods is the interesting stuff you discover. I’ve cooked some amazing, unexpected dishes with stuff I find there that I’ve never cooked before (gigantic eggplants, varieties of peppers I’ve never heard of, kale, new types of mushrooms, etc…). If you go to your local Farmers Market this weekend, pick up a butternut squash and make “Rebecca’s Butternut Squash Soup” featured on the site. Have fun!
Tags: buy local movement, green lifestyle, local dirt, locavore movement
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November 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
I just threw some fruit from the farmers market into my smoothie and have no idea what it was lol tastes great though