It’s nearly Thanksgiving and I’m thinking about food. Okay, I think about food a lot. I should think about food less and working out more. But food it is, for now.

In the past, I’ve flirted with the idea of joining a CSA primarily because I KNOW I’m not eating enough vegetables and I figure that if they show up at or near my house, I’ll have no choice but to eat them. And if they are shiny, pretty, locally-grown food, perhaps the guilt of letting produce rot in the fridge will finally get me to cook and eat what I’ve purchased.

There’s quite an active locally-grown-food movement out there. A lot of it in the Bay Area, as you can imagine, but we’re not so bad ourselves. If you want to add some excitement to your Thanksgiving, what about trying the 100-mile Thanksgiving Challenge? Can you say for certain where each item on your table comes from? That’s the challenge’s goal.

An old friend of mine is a strong believer in the movement - a tried-and-true “Locavore” (wiki it if you can’t guess from the word itself). She’s got some great tips on how to eat local and why it’s important.

If you want to see how bad-ass the immediate region is when it comes to food production - head over to Mulvaney’s B&L - a fantastic place that prides itself on its committment to locally grown food. Enjoy!

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