October 31, 2007
Becoming familar with Locally Grown Foods
I wanted to continue the discussion about locally grown foods. When you first think about locally grown food, often not a lot comes to mind. However, have you ever shopped at a farmers market, bought wine from a local winery, picked fruit at a local orchard? Those are all examples of locally grown foods. Many restaurants in the Chicago region also may be serving you locally grown foods.
Locally grown foods can come in many varieties. They may come from a regional large farmer that focuses on one crop (like peas or beans), small farms that focus on a variety of crops, people who sell at markets, farmers that sell to local businesses, organic beef farmers, local specialty food businesses, and those that focus on foods geared toward tourism (like wineries). Basically, locally is any food that is grown within a certain geographic region. This includes food products that are made from locally grown foods such as cider, wine, jams, jelly, and sausages.
Over the next few months, we will be focusing on getting to know more about the locally grown foods on the Chicago Region and Illinois. To get us started, here is a list of Chicago restaurants that serve locally grown foods. This was put together by a fellow Dietitian who is an expert in locally grown foods - Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD, a consultant of Environmental Nutrition Solutions.
Posted by Jennifer McCaffrey at 10:59 AM |
