Ooooby.org

Hi all,

we recently recieved the following post introducing us to yet another wonderful site:

"Hi. Just stumbled across your blog. Love it. Have you had a look at www.ooooby.org yet?Lots of people there who would appreciate what you have to say. Over 1000 food gardeners and locavores networking together.Ooooby is an acronym for Out of our own back yards.Hope you like it." ~Pete

Thanks, Pete! We will be sure to add Ooooby to our list of links :)

Cheryl

Farmers Market Recipes on YouTube

Farmer's Market Cooking Show on YouTube :)
The Farm Fresh Cook's Channel provides all kinds of wonderful recipes on YouTube to try this summer.

Here's there recipe video for Radish Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette

Vote for the Manitowoc Farmers Market!!

Local Harvest & Care2 is having a "Love Your Farmers Market" contest...once voted for, each market has a chance to win cash prizes.

Help out by voting for the Manitowoc Farmers Market here:

http://www.care2.com/farmersmarket/22038/?refer=11214.02.1245778955.766411

Thanks!!!!

New Pin For Locavore Map

We just recieved the following message from one of our blog viewers, requesting that we add a new pin to our Locavore Map...will do!

So.... my sis in law got me to read the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which got me researching eating local... which brought me to the Blue Devils green website. I would like to suggest a pin addition to the locavore map.

Tammy and Jeremy Boldt run a farm called: Boldt Century FarmN3526 Hwy 32Sheboygan Fallswww.boldtcenturyfarm.com...

...This is a great site! Thanks for doing this!

Green Stuff , from Sapce

NASA 's interactive - climate change website - good place to start on the "think global" part of "Think global - act local"

Locavore Food for Thought

Another reason to eat local: food safety. Check out this article about sanitation issues and produce grown in Mexico and shipped to the US, including the peppers and tomatoes suspected of causing the latest Salmonella outbreaks this summer. 

If you know the farmer, you can talk about how the crops are grown and/or processed. Even better: you can visit the farm! (not at all a shameless plug for the Local Farm Tour on September 27:)

warm up for the locavore challenge!

Wisconsin's first lady, Jessica Doyle, is sponsoring her own locavore challenge--the Eat Local Wisconsin Challenge! Wisconsinites are being challenged to spend at least 10% of their food budget on locally grown foods. This sounds to me like a great way to practice for our very own locavore challenge. 10% isn't so much, but it can make a BIG impact.

The challenge has already started, but it's not too late to sign up! It runs from September 5-14. You can learn more and sign up at www.eatlocalwisconsin.com.

Another good resource for finding locally grown foods is provided with the challenge, at www.savorwisconsin.com