1 / 17

Buying and Cooking within the Local Columbus Area Foodshed

Buying and Cooking within the Local Columbus Area Foodshed. By: Laura Bartholomae And Carolyn Tallman. Definitions.

noura
Download Presentation

Buying and Cooking within the Local Columbus Area Foodshed

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Buying and Cooking within the Local Columbus Area Foodshed By: Laura Bartholomae And Carolyn Tallman

  2. Definitions • Local: collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies - one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution, and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular place • Locavore: someone who eats food grown or produced locally or within a certain radius such as 50, 100, or 150 miles • Foodshed: everything between where a food is produced and where a food is consumed -- the land it grows on, the routes it travels, the markets it goes through, the tables it ends up on

  3. Benefits of Buying Local • Decrease carbon footprint • Carbon footprint: the total set of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions caused by an organization, event or product • By buying from small farms you are not supporting industrial agriculture, which largely contributes to GHG emissions • This cuts the amount of transportation (hence CO2) required to get your food to the table

  4. Benefits of Buying Local • Health Benefits • Humans who eat locally grown foods receive more nutrients • This is because farmers use sustainable techniques to care for their soils (i.e. cover crops) • Therefore, the food is more ‘nutrient dense’ • Foods lose a lot of their vitamins the longer it sits in transit or on the shelves • Consumers can diversify their diet • People are more inclined to buy several different types of food that they may never have had before because of their freshness • Hard to enforce food safety issue • It is easier to have food contaminations with mass produced produce • On small farms the food quality is monitored more closely • 2006 contamination scare with spinach

  5. Benefits of Buying Local • Supporting Local Farmers • Many local farmers are being put out of business by large factory farms • The only way they will continue to prosper is if we buy from them • Helps maintain a strong sustainable local economy

  6. Benefits of Buying Local • Establishing a Local Community • Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) • A farmer sells ‘shares’ of his harvest to the public • The farmer will supply the public with whatever produce is available at the time of pick up • The people develop a relationship with the farmer who grows their food and learn more about how food is grown • Make friends at your local market!

  7. Where to Buy Local in Columbus • Delaware Farmers Market • Location • Sandusky Street • Days in Operation • May-October: Wednesday 3-6; Saturday 9:30-12:30 • Vendors • Baked goods, flowers, honey, fudge, and a variety of in season fruits and vegetables

  8. Where to Buy Local in Columbus • Delaware County Fairgrounds Market • Location • Delaware County Fairgrounds (Pennsylvania Ave.) • Days in Operation • May-October: Saturday 9-12 • Vendors • Wool, seeds, baked goods, honey, and a variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables…they have okra!

  9. Where to Buy Local in Columbus • North Market Farmers Market • Location • 59 Spruce Street…just off of High St. in the Arena district of downtown Columbus • Days in Operation • Monday: 9am – 5pm (select)Tuesday – Friday: 9am – 7pmSaturday: 8am – 5pmSunday: Noon – 5pm • Vendors • The Greener Grocer • Omega Artisan Baking • Bluescreek Farm Meats • North Market Poultry and Game • In addition to vendors there are also a variety of prepared foods!

  10. Where to Buy Local in Columbus • The Delaware County Community Market • Location • 222 E. William St. • Days in Operation • GRAND OPENING ON APRIL 10th! • Vendors • Fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, homemade prepared and processed foods as well as one-of-a-kind handmade items.

  11. Where to Buy Local in Columbus • Whole Foods • Location • 3670 W. Dublin-Granville Rd. (just off of 270) • Days in Operation • Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.Friday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. -10:00 p.m.Sunday 9:00 a.m. -9:00 p.m. • Local Vendors • Snowville Creamery: pasture grazed, grass-fed, minimally processed, not homogenized dairy • Depending on where you’re from, Whole Foods supports several local vendors (from VA, PA, NJ etc.) who supply them with produce

  12. Where to Buy Local in Columbus • Community Supported Agriculture • Three Ring Farm • Delaware, OH • Specializes in eggs • Sippel Family Farm • Mt. Gilead, OH • Graduate of OWU! • The Wayward Seed Farm • Marysville, OH • Crooked Willow Farm • Sunbury, OH • SOLD OUT FOR 2010!

  13. Things you may not have known about food… • Even organics in stores are manufactured by large factories far away • There are almost 2 million farms in the USA and 80% are small family farms…think about it!

  14. References • Knowyourfarmerknowyourfood.com • Localharvest.org • www.northmarket.com • Rick Dinovo, phone interview • Annemarie Wong • Phil and Mindy Bartholomae, local farmers • www.colubusfoodie.com • local-matters.org

More Related