• Think Global Eat Local - Local Bite, Local Perspectives
    Local Bite

    Local Perspective – My Healthy Green Family

    I am very pleased to introduce you all to Leona from My Healthy Green Family as our local perspective of the day! Leona is an incredibly inspirational woman who is producing a phenomenal amount of her family’s food on just two acres of land! Her post Raising Our Own Food in a Food-Dependent Society outlines the importance of knowing where…

  • Local Bite Mini Challenge-Use It Up!
    Local Bite

    Local Bite Mini Challenge ::: Week One ::: One Item

    Welcome to our Local Bite Mini Challenges! Your challenge this week is to pick one new-to-you, locally grown item from the Farmers Market, local Co-op, road-side stand or UPick Farm and enjoy it however you see fit!  Then, come back here and comment (or join the conversation in our Facebook group), letting us know what item you picked and how…

  • Local Bite Challenge
    Local Bite

    Local Bite Challenge – Kick Off

    Welcome to the kick off of the Local Bite Challenge! This challenge has been many months in the making and I hope that you are as excited about it as I am! Let’s dive right in, shall we? New Mexicans currently spend less than one percent of all cash receipts for food on local food. More than 99% of cash…

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    Local Bite Nerves

    This whole Local Bite Challenge we have coming up in a couple of days has been in the works since I first had the idea last Fall…which has given me lots of time to plan and design what I hope everyone will consider to be some very cool details mixed with a variety of options and aspects that appeal to…

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    Transitions

    I’m writing you today from the semi-comfort of a hotel room instead of at my own desk in my home. See, we are out of town for a week visiting Washington DC for a conference my Partner is attending. Sprout and I are along for the ride, which is strange and new and different and wonderful all at the same…