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ARE YOU READY FOR A CHALLENGE ?
CAN YOU EAT SEASONAL, LOCAL FOODS,
EITHER AT HOME OR AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT,
FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF May ?

The 2009 Eat Local Challenge will be May 1-31, 2009, sponsored again by Hogtown HomeGrown.  Just like last year’s 2008 Eat Local Challenge, this year’s event challenges participants to eat local, seasonal foods, at home or at locally-owned restaurants, every day for the entire month of May. Participants may track their eating to be eligible for prizes at a Community Celebration on May 31st.  Registration opens March 1st and continues through April 30th, with online registration available at www.hogtownhomegrown.com.

Local community groups are invited to participate and perhaps create a friendly competition between groups.  If your group has a “green” committee, eating local fits right in with a green outlook on life and could become part of your activism.   A speaker is available to explain the 2009 Eat Local Challenge, talk about the local food scene and put eating local into a global perspective - a 20 minute talk with time for questions, conversation and registration - total 45-60 minutes.  To schedule a speaker, register your group or get more information, please call Stefanie Samara Hamblen at 352 374 8561 or email hogtownhomegrown@gmail.com.

Locally-owned businesses are encouraged to help sponsor the Challenge through participation and donations of prizes.  With support from the Chamber of Commerce, Pro-Gifts, Sweetwater Organic Roasters, Aersi, The Perfect Gift and other local businesses, everyone who registered for the 2008 Eat Local Challenge received a totebag and those attending the Community Celebration were eligible for prizes including gift certificates, locally-roasted coffees, oil changes and massages.   The Jones Eastside and other local restaurants put local food specials on their menus and Ward’s Supermarket placed signs on locally-produced food to make it easier for Challenge participants to shop.

Think of ways your group or business can participate in this year’s challenge and contact Hogtown HomeGrown with your ideas and for more information.  Challenge yourself and your family - be a part of the 2009 Eat Local Challenge!

 

Hogtown HomeGrown is a local newsletter and website
with recipes and menus based on the seasonal fresh foods
available from local farmers at farmers markets, local stores and roadside stands.
Published monthly since November 2006, this free newsletter has a circulation of 1500 printed copies distributed throughout North Central Florida and the website receives world-wide hits.