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MICHAEL POLLAN'S OPEN LETTER TO USA PRESIDENT-ELECT

Pollan urges new administration to overhaul America's fossil-fuel dependent food system. Read the entire article in The New York Times (8000 words). Or read a summary of Pollan's article on TreeHugger.

And good news, since he won, it looks like Obama read Pollan's article.


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CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who participated in the GET LOCAL challenge!
(October 1 to October 16th, World Food Day) The Winners of our Challenge are Jennifer Pentland (Dinner for 2 at the deliciously local Pair Bistro ) and Katie McNiven Gladman (a $100 Gift Certifcate from spud!)

Pair Bistro Logo spud!

Download the Get Local Challenge Registration Form
Download the Get Local Challenge Poster


Get Local website shares prize with FarmFolk/CityFolk's Knowledge Pantry

Georgia Straight's Best of Vancouver award for Best Literary Sustenance.


SEPTEMBER – Eat Local Month in the City of Vancouver


September 18 - CHEF MEETS GRAPE

BC food designed for BC wine.


October 1 – 31 Eat BC!

fresh. local. tasty. British Columbia.


Capers Whole Foods Markets donates over $13,000 to Get Local! Details.


UBC Farm Needs Your Support! Click here to find out how you can help.


MEET YOUR MAKER: Where Food Producers and Food Buyers Find Each Other


Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 in Vancouver. Click here to watch a clip of the event.


Product of Canada, eh?

CBC Marketplace uncovers the truth.


Deconstructing Dinner: "The Eat Local Challenge" in Nelson, BC



Get Local project launches in Vancouver

(August 28, 2007 – Vancouver) Lower Mainland consumers are being urged to Get Local as part of a campaign from retailers, restaurants, growers and community groups to encourage people to choose locally grown food.

Launched today surrounded by local food and drink, Get Local is a grassroots promotional and public awareness campaign to stimulate public support for locally grown food and raise awareness around “food miles”, the environmental and economic benefits of buying locally produced foods and products, and the businesses that offer them. Get Local grew out of a ‘think tank’ with 40 organizations last fall organized by FarmFolk/CityFolk Society and Your Local Farmers Market Society.

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Check out the new Get Local Postcards

The Get Local project has a new postcard series. The postcards, available in English, Chinese and Punjabi, describe the benefits of eating local, while directing the public to the Get Local website for more information.

The Postcards are part of the wider Get Local project, and will be distributed throughout the lower mainland.

Download them here:

English (pdf) Chinese (pdf) Punjabi (pdf)


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GET LOCAL IN THE NEWS!

Local is Fresh, Friendly



Vancouver Province - June 2, 2008

Granville Magazine, Spring 08


"Seasons eatings"

Vancouver Province


Feb 25, 2008 - Get Local responds to an op-ed criticizing sustainable eating projects. Read letter

West Coast Families magazine December/January 2008

Vancouver Magazine January 2008


2008 Eating & Drinking Guide

Business Examiner – Fraser Valley article November 13, 2007


Knowing where your next meal is coming from.

Saavy Insider

Simple, Easy, Steps To Help You Get Local - November 9, 2007



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Ming Pao October 26, 2007


Gourmet Supplement

Get Local Transit Shelter Ads - October 1, 2007


Thanks to the City of Vancouver, CBS Outdoor, and JC Decaux, Get Local was advertised on 10 transit shelter ads throughout the City of Vancouver during the month of October 2007.

City of Vancouver proclaims September 2007 as "Eat Local Month" - September 14, 2007


The 100-Mile Diet Society and the Get Local Project welcomed the public to the reading of the Eat Local Month proclamation at Trout Lake Farmers Market on Saturday, September 15, 2007.

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Business in Vancouver magazine article September 11, 2007


Thumbs up: Union needs to get real; shoppers need to Get Local

Shaw TV’s “Daily 4” September 5, 2007


Eating Locally: FarmFolk/CityFolk and Get Local

Bill Good Show (CKNW Radio) August 29, 2007


Bonita Magee and Tara McDonald talk about Get Local.

Vancouver Sun article

Aug. 29, 2007


The 100-mile diet got Vancouverites interested in the idea of consuming food close to home. And now, local-food advocates have crafted a "Get Local" brand so farmers, retailers, distributors and restaurants can label their products and make them easily identifiable on store shelves and restaurant menus.


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News 1130

Aug. 29th, 2007


Get ready to see more "Get Local" signs when you're doing your grocery shopping.


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CTV News at 5pm August 28, 2007

CBC Almanac Interview

Aug. 28th, 2007


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