Eating locally this week!

A number of South Walton folks are talking more about eating locally and how we can get more local and regional foods available in our community. Hopefully this will lead to more sources for local foods, more folks eating locally, or perhaps even a farmer's market!

Eating local and regional foods helps keep our $ in our local community, reduces the environmental impact of shipping food from far-off lands, and local foods tend to be fresher, tastier, and more nutritious. How about some fresh, local tomatoes instead of those pink grocery store ones with a flounder gene spliced inside?!!!

Toward that end, I'm going to try to post each week a listing of local foods (mainly produce) available in our area. I figure there's always local seafood in our markets, though unfortunately even that is sometimes questionable. Let me know if you know of other sources, whether it's a U-pick-em farm, a local farmer with fresh eggs or beef, or even a cheesemaker. Here goes, for 7/6:

Perennials and Natives by a Girl Named Toni (west end 30 A next to Elmos) 622-1889
peaches, watermelon, blueberries, sweet potatoes, onions, new potatoes, bush beans, cantalope, purple hull peas, butter beans, white peas, tomatoes, lettuce, squash, zucchini, peppers, jalapenos, yellow corn, honey

For the Health of It, Blue Mountain Beach, 267-0558
arugula, red potatoes, daikon sprouts, cherry tomatoes, honey


Vote with your $ and tell our local shops we want local produce! 😀