http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/food/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-eat-local P. Allen Smith is an award-winning garden expert, author, and television host. Mon, 13 May 2013 19:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/food/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-eat-local/comment-page-1#comment-5137 Linda L. Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:46:15 +0000 http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/?p=1615#comment-5137 Across this country you are seeing local produce used in restaurants more so each year. I think it is great, but there are times chefs will have to use something shipped in simply because it can't be grown locally. I don't know if the consumer will ever get to the point that they will demand all food served to be local. What would be useful is a network of producers that may be contacted and could ship food a short distance that wouldn't damage quality of the food. I am thinking of items such as nuts or frozen organically grown meats. As the drought has proven, the only people I know who have successfully grown corn this year are gardeners, not farmers. If you want corn, I guess in some areas, it will have to come from somewhere else. I think a listing of produce farmers within a 200 miles radius from a restaurant would be a great resource for all. Across this country you are seeing local produce used in restaurants more so each year. I think it is great, but there are times chefs will have to use something shipped in simply because it can’t be grown locally. I don’t know if the consumer will ever get to the point that they will demand all food served to be local. What would be useful is a network of producers that may be contacted and could ship food a short distance that wouldn’t damage quality of the food. I am thinking of items such as nuts or frozen organically grown meats. As the drought has proven, the only people I know who have successfully grown corn this year are gardeners, not farmers. If you want corn, I guess in some areas, it will have to come from somewhere else. I think a listing of produce farmers within a 200 miles radius from a restaurant would be a great resource for all.

]]> http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/food/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-eat-local/comment-page-1#comment-5136 Mary Curtis Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:27:18 +0000 http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/?p=1615#comment-5136 I think that is wonderful. We don't seem to have that as much here in the north. You know your neighbors but you don't really socialize. keep it up. I think that is wonderful. We don’t seem to have that as much here in the north. You know your neighbors but you don’t really socialize. keep it up.

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