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

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…
April 14, 2014
Local Bite Challenge – Kick Off

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…
April 12, 2014
Local Bite Nerves

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…
April 10, 2014

Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Snow Flakes

MATERIALS: Square pieces of paper (recycled, new, plain or with a pattern, any color you like), scissors TIME FRAME: 15 - 60 minutes PROCEDURE: Fold your paper diagonally to create a triangle Fold your paper in half to create a smaller triangle (make sure your two pointy corners meet) Fold your triangle in half one more time to create an…
April 1, 2014

Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Build a Volcano

MATERIALS: A small plastic or paper cup, clay, vinegar, baking soda, flour, a cookie sheet, two measuring cups, measuring spoons, red food coloring (optional) TIME FRAME: 30 - 60 minutes PROCEDURE: Place your cup on your cookie sheet Using your clay, create your volcano over the cup remembering to leave the opening open so your volcano can explode later! Once…
April 1, 2014
Local Bite Challenge (An Introduction)

Local Bite Challenge (An Introduction)

We live in a time that allows us to ship exotic items from all corners of the earth to our local grocery stores and sometimes even to our doorstep.  While this is convenient, fun and delicious, it hasn’t always been this way.  For thousands of years, we were limited to eating the items that could be sourced locally.  Not only…
March 31, 2014