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The Meridian Farmers Market in Okemos is going to be open this Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving from 10-2. I'm not sure how many vendors will be there, but I know they have done this in previous years. Lucy Hartlove Vicki Morrone writes: > > > With Thanksgiving coming up this is your chance to stock up on LOCAL and > ORGANIC on Nov 18t- BUY LOCAL DAY!. There are a few farmers markets > continuing to offer products, such as the Lansing Farmers Market on > Cedar St, downtown Lansing, across from the Lugnuts stadium, on > Saturdays. Of course there are local food coops. > > > > What are your favorite spots to buy local in the "off season". I hope > that you will take a moment to "Reply All" on this email and tell us > where you get local food this time of year. It's the time we prepare the > biggest meals that are shared with the largest number of friends and > family, but the most difficult time to buy local. Those with hoop > houses or are members of CSAs with hoop houses, YOU LUCKY DEVILS!!! > > Happy Thanksgiving to you and all of your local friends and family > > Vicki > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [log in to unmask] > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:08 PM > To: Vicki Morrone > Subject: Buy Local Day! Sat, Nov. 18th > Importance: High > > > > <https://img.getactivehub.com/gv2/custom_images/cfs/spacer.gif> > > Center for Food Safety <http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/home.cfm> > > <https://img.getactivehub.com/gv2/custom_images/cfs/tfnbox.JPG> > > <https://img.getactivehub.com/gv2/custom_images/cfs/people.jpg> > > Dear Vicki, > > > <http://img.getactivehub.com/gv2/custom_images/cfs/farmers_market.jpg> > > > Buy Local Day! > Saturday, November 18th > > > ________________________________ > > > > Alarmed by industrial agriculture's interference in the food chain? It's > easy to meet local growers and sellers. This Saturday, November 18th, > show your support for local food by joining us in Buy Local Day! There > are thousands of local farmer's markets, community supported agriculture > farms, co-ops and local retailers across the country where you can show > your support on Saturday! > > The typical industrial supermarket food travels an average of 1300 miles > from the farm to the dinner table. Subsequently, consumers get farther > away from their food sources while farmers command lower prices for > their products. For every dollar a consumer spends on such food, farmers > receive ten cents or less! Just a few decades ago farmers earned up to > seventy cents. But in today's industrialized food system, more and more > of our food dollars go to the corporate middlemen for processing, > marketing, packaging, storage and shipping, and the people who actually > grow it receive increasingly less. > > The good news is that we can change this industrialized system by > demanding and supporting local, organic foods! > > <http://ga3.org/campaign/buylocalpledge/w5bebxgrr53kwmb?> > Take our Buy Local pledge! > > ________________________________ > > > Resources for Choosing Local and Organic: > > Find <http://www.localharvest.org/> a local Farmer's Market, CSA, or > Food Co-op > > Find <http://www.eatwellguide.org/> organic, sustainable and humanely > raised meat and dairy in your area through Sustainable Table's Eat Well > Guide > > Find out more about Buy Local Day <http://www.buylocalday.org/> and > events in your area > > Check out the 100-Mile Diet <http://www.100milediet.org/> for tips on > eating locally > > ________________________________ > > ** If you have trouble with the links in this email, you can take the > pledge online at http://ga3.org/campaign/buylocalpledge > <http://ga3.org/ct/w1L8V461UXyY/> > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this. > Tell-a-friend! > <http://ga3.org/join-forward.html?domain=cfs&r=hpL8V461ZRhL> > > > > If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Center > for Food Safety <http://ga3.org/cfs/join.html?r=hpL8V461ZRhLE> . > > > > This message was sent to [log in to unmask] Visit your subscription > management page <http://ga3.org/cfs/smp.tcl?nkey=w5bebxgrr53kwmb&> to > modify your email communication preferences or update your personal > profile. 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