Eating Local: Silver Linings Farm
After seeing King Corn last night at the Jepson Center in Savannah, I am moved to improve the nutritional value of my diet by eating more locally grown produce and locally raised meat. I am not committed to buying all of our diet nontraditionally; Yet, I will try to make a conscious effort to select local farms over industrialized farms. 
I have been researching ways to eat locally here in Statesboro in Bulloch County. Admittedly, I thought it was impossible. Really, this entire subject is off the beaten path for me. I did not even know that the Silver Linings Farm existed, however, I found it on the Local Harvest website.
Do you strive to eat locally? How difficult is it? Where do you shop? Is it more trouble than it is worth? I am curious about the whole program as I would love your input.
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HI Christy!
As you know, I have been striving to shop only in locally owned stores, and try to eat as locally as possible. I am also trying to eat seasonally appropriate foods. For example, tomatoes are not in season right now…so I don’t buy them. Obviously, it isn’t tomato season in south GA in December, so it can’t be local! :)
I shop at L & D produce a lot, and buy the items that are grown the shortest distance away. My hubby is a hunter, so most of our meat is very, very local. I get eggs from my mom. Charlotte, my mom, and I have just begun to purchase raw milk from a dairy about 2 hours away. We are going to be using some of the milk to make cheese, which will also be as local as it gets…my kitchen! I am finding that the easiest way for me to eat locally is to make things from scratch. The more packaged and boxed and preservative-filled it is, the farther away it probably came. There are still a lot of areas I want to improve on. We don’t eat chicken a lot, but when we do, I would like to purchase it locally. I buy honey at L & D that is from the honey farm in Register and I am substituting honey for sugar in a lot of foods. I am just trying to remember that every change, no matter how small, matters. Just changing the way I shop for one item will have an impact…if just on our family. Ok, sorry, I didn’t mean to write a book!! Oh, one more thing on this subject (speaking of books), if you haven’t read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, I highly, highly recommend it. It deals with this and it is an awesome book!
Laurel Sauls
December 14, 2007 at 11:33 pm