Eat local = locavore

Have you ever heard of a locavore? It's someone who primarily eats locally grown or raised food.  There are even books about it. It had to happen. Someone comes up with a name for everything.

Despite the 'local food' movement being coop'ed by urbanites, at its core it's simply eating food raised near you. I prefer to eat food I raised.  It doesn't get much closer then that. However, I can't raise all I eat so I make a choice at the grocer.

Another option is a CSA (community-supported agriculture). This is where you join others to support your local farmer and you get a part of the harvest. You essentially purchase 'shares' of the harvest. Here's a link to find one near you.

You're probably noticing that food prices are rising. So are fuel prices. This makes sense when you learn that an average meal travels 1400 miles to your dinner table.

If nothing else, try out a local farmers market. You never know what you'll find there. Talk to the farmers, get to know them, how they grow the food the sell.  Here's a link to find a farmers market near you.