Linking healthy, homegrown and humane production with loyal and appreciative eaters!

As part of the 1st Edition of Be Local Coupon Book, debuted in September 2006, LLE produced Eat Local Food Map to enliven conversations in our area. Producing and promoting the map got us talking with producers, food businesses, researchers, gardeners, public entities and wide spectrum of customers.

Then working in partnership with Northern Colorado Food Incubator, EAT LOCAL began to take off!

EAT LOCAL volunteers meet weekly. Email if interested in joining us

Ongoing	Active planning with the City of Fort Collins and Downtown Development Authority about a year-round permanent Community Marketplace
	Thanks to Justin Larson Architects
March 2008	Organizing workshop with visiting expert, Mark Winne, on "Creating A Local Food Policy Council."
February 2008	Hosted the first annual Getting Connected: A Food Producer-Buyer Regional Gathering with over 125 people in attendance, including farmers, ranchers, dairy producers, value-added producers, markets, restaurants and cafés, and representatives of city, county and state government
December 2007	Hosted successful Holiday Market (34 vendors, 1200 customers) at the Opera Galleria
November 2007	Hosted successful Harvest Market (27 vendors, 700 customers), south of Harmony Road to test the local interest in that area.
Spring/Fall 2007	Guest taught in seven undergraduate classes at CSU (Honors, Natural Resources, Communication, Business), spawned the Eat Real student group, and worked with class on preliminary business plan for downtown market
September 2007	Hosted two full days of programming on Eat Local-Grow Local at the 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Fair (over 9500 attended), over 125 surveys completed.
Feb-May 2007	Hosted three community gatherings (80-100 participants each time) to address issues and needs for local food and local economy
December 2006	Piloted a successful Winter Market