Be Local is the best investment I’ve made for my business.  Their staff and volunteers are top notch forward thinkers and consistently implement innovative ideas to better serve their customers and the local community.  No bones about it, I give great credit and many thanks to Be Local for helping make my business a local success.

Eat Local Overview

2011-2012: 6th Season  Winter Farmers’ Markets

Program Northern Colorado Food Incubator

In the Planning Community Marketplace

Our Fresh Resources

• New (2010)  3-minute Time-Lapse Film: Bridging the Seasons – Winter Farmers’ Market
• 12-part Radio Series  – Listen now!
• Newspaper Articles on Our Farmers
• Short film (2008)  Eat Local – Grow Local: Growing Roots in Northern Colorado

Our Track Record

• Eat Local Food Map – 2006 & 2008  (Big file – slow to open)  New format coming in 2011.
• Class: Menu for the Future, 2009, with CSU’s Osher Center for Lifelong Learning
• Creating a Local Food Policy Council workshop with Mark Winne – 2007
• Getting Connected for food businesses – annually since 2008
• Eat Local-Grow Local programs at Sustainable Living Fair - 2007, 2008, 2010

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Helpful Links

• Fair Food Network
• Slow Money -  a new vision of money and soil
• Local Harvest
• Organic Consumers Association
• Short film from Japan: Ensuring the Future of Food
• Slide Show: Entrepreneurs Keep the Local Food Movement Hot (24 local food businesses around the globe)