A Cheat Sheet for Eating Locally |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 2:50 pm |
| Tags: organic, berkeley, east bay, oakland, environmentalism, san francisco, green, food |
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When I moved to the Bay Area from LA 7 years ago, I had never knowingly eaten something organic. And the concept of food miles didn’t even exist. Things have changed a bit since then. Maybe it was watching An Inconvenient Truth, or maybe it’s all the food blogs I read, but lately, I can’t purchase food without thinking about where it came from. Is it organic? How many miles did it travel to reach me? Is it made by a huge corporation or a small business? It can get kind of exhausting so I thought I’d make it easier for those of us in the Bay Area. I know I’m tired of making my head hurt in the bread aisle, trying to figure out what’s local and what’s organic. So here’s a hopelessly incomplete list of local farms and companies in the extended Bay Area that make delicious food. I’ve left off the obvious - produce, beer, and wine - because there are dozens of local options to choose from (and I just wouldn’t know where to start). [ Full article ] |
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