It’s day -9 and I am really taking this gearing up thing literally. Meaning, I haven’t gone local yet but I have paid a lot more attention to it. For dinner I had leftover stewed okra and I sauteed local portabellos and zucchini along with non-local tomatoes, garlic and olive oil. I also had some almond butter and chocolate (both organic but definitely not local). Not to mention the coffee (however fair trade from Progress) with soy milk (I can’t drink black coffee). Katie and I frequent Progress for the awesome coffee and pretty convenient location. However I know that in order to eat dinner tomorrow I have to make a trip to the Austin Farmers Market at the Triangle which I have no problem with especially since the first official day of fall here in Austin didn’t get over 70 degrees. I hope to find some butternut squash and onion tomorrow so I can make this soup recipe.

Today there was a coupon for Greenling going around – $25 for $50 of Greenling groceries delivered (which ends at midnight). They have a local produce basket which I will definitely check out.

Do you have any favorite local farms or food producers?