At tonight's potluck we went around the table hearing some ideas you can try to celebrate New Hampshire Eat Local Week:
Visit a farm! Lee Farm Day is Saturday, August 9 - tour farms in Lee, watch demos, meet animals, taste fresh foods and ice cream
Stop by Kellie Brook Farm's farmstand in Greenland on Thursday, Friday or Saturday to get yourself a never-frozen, fresh local free-range chicken. This special sale only runs while the farm has fresh chicken. Or pick up a fresh chicken from their booth at the Exeter Farmer's Market, Thursday August 7, 2:15-6 PM, Swazey Parkway.
Cook more simply, so as not to be overwhelmed with the idea of finding local foods to incorporate into a huge elaborate meal
Call on friends or neighbors to join with you in a bulk purchase of local foods or next year's CSA
Visit a farmer's market or specialty food store you haven't yet been to
Visit a weekday farmer's market
Choose a locally grown food you've never tried cooking before, and try it out
Challenge your co-workers - assign a different person each day to bring in a local-food dish to share at lunch or for coffee break
Take an inventory of your fridge, pantry, garden and freezer to see what you already have that's local (you might be surprised!)
At restaurants, begin by asking your server whether there are any items on the menu using locally produced food
Ask your grocer if there are any local products available
Check Seacoast Eat Local for a list of restaurants who buy from local farms, and visit one of them
Make this week your excuse for a splurge purchase that will pay for itself - like a chest freezer, a whole animal, or a food dehydrator
Shift a small amount of your regular food budget toward local purchasing
Switch your source for one product to a local supplier: milk, yogurt, eggs, meat, ice cream, produce...
Be mindful: think about everything you eat, respect the life it represents.
Pat yourself on the back for eating a healthy and delicious diet all week - local, fresh food is not only more nutritious, it's tastier too
Put an Eat Local Week flyer on a community bulletin board - download and print from here
Process or freeze some fresh food now to enjoy later in the year
Get a friend to go with you to a farmer's market or farmstand
Sign up for a canning class: Classes are being held at Atlantic Culinary Academy on Monday August 18th (high acid foods) and Monday August 25th (low acid foods). Classes run 6-9 PM and cost $45. Register at wberry@llfarm.net
Show someone else how to make a simple local dish, start a garden, or how you find local food sources
Post your own idea in the "Comments" section!
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