Learn how to pickle, can, dehydrate or freeze the harvestJoin the Elgin Farm Adventure Tour

Donate to a local food bank instead of dining out

Fall

Visit a U Pick Farm ___________________________

Track your food waste for the week

Serve local food at snack or meal time

Learn about Community Supported Agriculture

Look for foods with the Foodland Ontario logo next time you shop

Pack reusable containers, and take local food ‘to go’

Encourage your favourite restaurant/grocery store to sell

local food

Pick up a “Buy Local, Buy Fresh” map

Redirect $2.00/week to purchase local food.

Summer

Spring

TO SUPPORT LOCAL FOOD

Local Food for Local People

ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A LOCAL THANKSGIVING DINNER...

Fill in the pieces of your carrot by completing these local food actions throughout the seasons.

Once completed, enter for a chance to win a local Thanksgiving dinner basket worth $200.

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Submit your results by September 20, 2013 online at:

fluidsurveys.com/s/foodchallenge/

or drop off completed cards to:

Elgin St. Thomas Public Health99 Edward St., St. Thomas, ON N5P 1Y8

If 10,000 families

purchased $2.00 per week

of locally produced food

that would shift $20,000

per week or over

$1 million per year

to local producers.

This is likely to result

in an additional

$2 million

dollars in the

regional

economy.

Local Food for Local People