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erin — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:23:13 -0400

Eat In, Act Out

Britt Bravo — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:57:40 -0400

The Massachusetts-based nonprofit, the Food Project is putting on it's annual Eat In, Act Out Week, and you can participate! Next Week (July 31st-August 6th) make an effort to, eat in (use local food and cook food yourself instead of going out), and act out (speak up and take action to promote local food).

You can find places selling local food near you through the Local Harvest site, search for Eat In, Act Out events near you, or add your own, on the Eat In, Act Out Frappr Map, and read more about the Food Project on their blog.

I've been reading a lot about food lately because earlier this week I had the opportunity to interview Anna Lappé, author of Grub, and co-author, with her mother, Frances Moore Lappé, of Hope's Edge.

Here are are some links from the Community Food Audit form in the back of Grub (you can download it on their web site, too) to help you find your local:

* Farmer's market: Sustainable Table
* CSA Farm: Local Harvest and CSA & Robin Van En Center
* Food Coop: Cooperative Grocer
* Grocery Store with Local Foods: Foodroutes.org
* Organic Meat & Dairy/Egg Provider: Eat Well Guide
* Community Garden: American Community Garden Association
* Elected Officials: Congress.org
* School Food Resources: Farm to School and Farm to College
* & Other Community Food Resources: Community Food Security Commission

Happy Eating!

Urban Sprouts on Growing A Blog: An Interview with Abby Rosenheck

marshallkirkpatrick — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:29:06 -0500

Abby Rosenheck is the Executive Director of Urban Sprouts, a San Francisco non profit that teaches young students how to grow, harvest and prepare organic vegetables in their school gardens. (See their profile in Net Squared In Action)

For the past 5 months, Rosenheck has been blogging as part of the organization's larger communications strategy. She has found the medium to be a very effective use of her time and the Urban Sprouts blog is a great example of how a small organization can build community and visibility with new web tools.