2011 Eat Local Challenge

How to Participate

  1. The first step is easy: Choose at least three different ways through which you pledge to eat local.
  2. Complete each activity and mark the card with a marker or sticker.
  3. Spread the word!  Tell your friends about the challenge and join us for some great events during the Local Foods Week, October 1-8.
  4. After you’ve completed three or more activities, submit it to Local Matters by October 14th to be entered in the grand prize drawing!







>> Download the pledge card!

You can also pick up and submit your Pledge Card at one of the following locations:

  • The Greener Grocer and North Market
  • Cup O’ Joe locations around Columbus
  • Columbus Metro Libraries

CONTEST/PRIZE INFO

  • 6 months of groceries through the Greener Grocer‘s Weekly Fresh Market Bag (WFMB)
  • A pantry makeover from the Hills Market
  • Catering for an event from Two Caterers
  • A cooking class with Local Matters’ own Chef RB

More ideas for eating local and delicious

  • Do your weekly shopping at a Farmers Market
  • Challenge yourself to prepare a dinner using as many local ingredients as possible. (and then of course, feast with your friends or family!)
  • Visit the farm of a local food that you purchase
  • Try a vegetable or fruit that you’ve never tried before!
  • Eat at a restaurant that uses local ingredients.
  • Host a barbeque using local Ohio meats (try Bluescreek Farm Meats or Weiland’s Gourmet Market)
  • Learn to can or preserve local foods so you can enjoy your jam all year long!
  • Go berrypicking at a “U-Pick” farm
  • Plant a fall garden.
  • Buy a share of a farm through a CSA (community supported agriculture).