"Take the Pledge" to Eat Local for Thanksgiving! and invite our friends, family, colleagues and acquaintances to do the same. "It's simple, affordable and delicious!" Visit: www.pugetsoundfresh.org/eatlocal

 Delicious? There is no argument about the flavor of a ripe, farm fresh apple, a fresh baked winter squash, or a slice of rich artisan cheese.

 Simple? Several area farmers markets www.pugetsoundfresh.org/eatlocal/where-to-buy-local.htm are open year round now, many of our Puget Sound grocery stores offer a nice array of local products, and Community Supported Agriculture has grown in popularity.

But affordable? Yes! Informal research compared prices of certain products at their local farmers markets to those at an area grocery store. One found organic acorn and butternut squash to be more affordable by 79-cents a pound at the market than at the grocery store. And organic Gala apples bought directly from the farmer were more affordable by $1.29 a pound from their supermarket counterparts!

 ● Support our local farms, which increases local jobs and strengthens the rural areas of Washington

 ● Reduce our dependence on food grown far away

 ● Keep our locally earned dollars circulating in our local economy

 ● Strengthen our local food system so we have healthy, safe and delicious food that supports our families and our environment.

 Pledge by Friday, November 21, to qualify to win a heritage turkey or a year of Organic Valley products.

Our Inter-Island San Juan Islands - Sustainable Living - Adventure Weekend  November 28, 29, and 30, Lopez Island, Washington:

Learn Northwest Maritime Winter Gardening from the Experts! 
Sun - Nov 30, 10-Noon, Lopez Island Community Center

Northwest Maritime Winter Gardening Forum with Eliot Coleman of Four-Season Harvest-: Organic Vegetables from Your Garden All Year Long fame (via live link on the big screen), Katie Pencke of Seattle Tilth, and Ingela Wanerstrand of Sustainable Ballard will keynote the forum. With the global economy unravelling, year-round food self-sufficiency and sustainability is on everyone’s mind. Come join us and learn all you can from our panel of maritime winter gardening experts. Event details at www.slgrassroots.org. Send digital photos of your winter gardening experiences to lance@partnershipwithearth.org. Donations encouraged. (Please note that this is only the first of our monthly all-community, inter-island, sustainable living hoedowns, with more Partner Dancing and Breakfast/Forums to come beginning in January. Event, transportation, and lodging details at www.slgrassroots.org.)

Community Alliance for Global Justice's “Confronting the Food Crisis: Cultivating Just Alternatives to the Corporate Food System.” 

The free event will take place Friday, December 5th and Saturday, December 6th and will feature hands-on workshops and panels that help us to Understand Corporate Control and Build Just Alternatives with respect to local and global food systems. Saturday will be held at Seattle Central Community College and Friday’s location will be announced soon!

We could still use lots of help with planning of the teach-in! If you are interested, please email Teresa at fjp@seattleglobaljustice.org

Emergency Food Network - Job Posting
Executive Director
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