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To Participate in The Eat Local Pledge:
Decide. How much money you are willing to commit to spend on local food during August? For context, $9 at a farmers’ market got me 1 lb sugar snap peas, head of lettuce, bunch of beets, bunch of basil, 2lbs summer squash. $7 at a local farm got me a dozen eggs and a pound of bacon. If you need a refresher about why this is important, read our Why Eat Local page.
Pledge. Share your dollar commitment with us by adding a comment below. Please include the dollar amount you pledge to spend on local food during August, along with your first and last name, town and state. We can use this dollar amount to demonstrate how much people care about local to supermarket managers and legislators.
Execute. Find where to buy local food in Boston or in your area, and check your cookbook to find ways to use it. Try out farmstands, markets, locally-owned stores or restaurants that buy from local producers. Remember local food is not strictly vegetables – try local cheese, meat or fish too!
Check back to see how much people have pledged – we’ll update the total each week.
UPDATE Friday July 28: We have 54 people who have pledged a total of $3,581 to spend on Local Food!
UPDATE Wednesday August 2: We now have a total of $7,482.75 in pledges, and more are still coming in!
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Bridget is a BLAST Member from Wisconsin.
Two summers ago I was learning how to grow 30 vegetables, wrestling with a rototiller, and trying to get rid of an amazing amount of comfrey. Last summer I backpacked through Europe visiting every farm, farmers’ market, and local cheese shop I could. And this summer? This summer I’m behind a computer. And I love it. Click here for the rest of this entry…
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Tomorrow is very big day. Yes, it’s the start of our 15th summer program. But it is also the day that Ghana plays Brazil in the Knockout Round of the World Cup. Since I will be thoroughly distracted—how often does your birth country qualify for the first time ever to play in the biggest sporting event in the world and stun two huge favorites (including the other country of which you are a dual citizen) to move on to the next round? …yes, SINCE I will be thoroughly distracted—in fact, I won’t even be at work—I think I should point out why this fixation is justified from a Food Project point of view. Soccer, it turns, out is a lot like food: Click here for the rest of this entry…
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Julianne has worked for The Food Project on and off for many years, and just left the Outreach Coordinator position a few weeks ago to attend graduate school in the fall.
It is amazing how much change a week can bring. Last Wednesday I was sitting out in the sunny fields of Baker Bridge road struggling through what might be my final marathon of Straight Talk at The Food Project. And this Wednesday I spent the day chasing spotted sheep up and down a hill through waist deep stinging nettles and grasses in County Cork, Ireland. Click here for the rest of this entry…
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Here’s an article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the Urban Farming Initiative, and their work in urban agriculture. They mention The Food Project as a model for their work, and offer a brief description of our organization.
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The North Shore’s Beverly farm launch has some good coverage in today’s Boston Globe / North Section:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/06/15/farm_back_in_business/
Or, the printer-friendly version:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/06/15/farm_back_in_business?mode=PF
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EarthNews Radio Podcast has two short segments of an interview with Wilbur Bullock online. You can find them here and here. No additional software is needed to listen. Note that you can order Wil’s newly-released CD “Time For Change” over here.
Press Pass TV has a video segment online that features us. Press Pass TV is an after-school program at Madison Park High School in Roxbury, MA and two middle schools in Dorchester, MA, that teaches youth about video production and journalism. See this page for more information about them.
Finally, here’s a blog entry about Eat In, Act Out week…. written in German! Can anyone out there provide a translation?
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Wil’s CD just came from the plant, and it looks and sounds great. You can order it online for $8 (postage paid) from our music and video ordering page. For more on the thoughts and meaning behind the music, click here.
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Our book “Growing Together: A Guide to Building Inspired, Diverse and Productive Youth Communities” has been out of print for some time, and we’re happy to report that it’s now available again! You can order it from our online ordering page.
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…that is how the Natwani Coalition of Hopi people describes their mission and why they are recovering their traditional food ways…
…and that’s why Monica, Ben and I will be in Arizona and New Mexico until Wednesday. It’s the FINAL RETREAT for this 2005-2006 BLAST Cadre, and we are excited to be “digging in” to projects associated with a couple Cadre/BLAST members, past and present.
We’ll also be spending time with the Taos County Economic Development Corporation. They have a kitchen incubator program, and have arranged for us to meet a lot of the women entrepreneurs here as well as with youth groups in the area. We’re hoping to further expand our network here.
You can glimpse more of those projects:
Ancient Agricultural Practices Sustain Hopi Culture
Taos County Economic Development Corporation
