let's be locavores!

call me granola. or even hippie. but i'm totally digging this website from a group in san francisco who call themselves locavores. they give some good tips about eating locally and what to do for foods that you can't get locally. they deemed the month of may "eat local month". those participating purchased food from no more than 100 miles away. now, in california, it would seem that the option would be limitless. but, we'd probably be surprised to find what great foods (and drink) we can get close to home. in kentucky alone (within 100 miles from lexington):

elmwood stock farm for all sorts of organic meat, veg and free-range eggs. they have a stand at the farmer's market.

three springs farm is our personal favorite. they do csa shares through the late spring and summer. plus david and arwen encourage folks to go out and hike and see where the food comes from. they have some great info about joining a CSA on their website.

lexington farmer's market. with three different locations and four market days, there's no good reason not to buy weekly produce and many other groceries here. if you want cheez-its, you'll have to go to kroger.

kenny's cheese. all i have to say is...pure goodness. they sell this cheese at good foods co-op and at the farmer's market. these folks are quite nice.

bluegrass baking co. makes some pimpin' bread (some artisan) and sweets.

smith-berry winery. best wine around. unfortunately, they are having a hard time growing grapes organically so they're shipped from another state for now. all of the processing is done in kentucky. oh yeah, this is wendell berry's daughter's place.

equus run vineyards. although this wine isn't as stellar as the above, you can have the true vineyard experience here. it's always fun to do a wine tasting anyways. it's still delicious wine.

weisenberger mill. cool, old mill on elkhorn creek. you can get pretty much any baking flour, grits, corn meal, muffin mix, pizza dough mix from this place. they sell them in most groceries.

this is my best brainstorm list for places that i'd like to support around here. and it's to remind me that california isn't the only state with quality local foods and drink.