How to live like a locovore

"If you eat, there's something for you at CLASH. We met people who grow food, and people who can help us grow it. There was the beer guy, the oyster farmer, and our personal favorite, the chicken lady, who inspired us to get our first batch of chicks. But it's not all talk -- our meal at the Naked Oyster showed just how well you can eat on what the Cape has to offer. Which is the point, after all. We'll definitely be back next year."

- Tamar Haspel, Marstons Mills

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10 Easy Steps to Become (More of) a Locavore

Locovore is Legit!

It's now

in the dictionary!

1. Join a Salad Club or CSA
· Bay End Farm, Buzzards Bay. Contact: Erin Koh erin@bayendfarm.com

· Cape Abilities Farm, Dennis. Contact: farm@CapeAbilities.org

· Cape Cod Organic Farm, Barnstable, Contact: csa@capecodorganicfarm.com

· Cedar Spring Herb Farm (CSAW), Harwich. Contact: Donna Eaton, 508-430-HERB

· Coonamessett Farm, Falmouth Coonamessettfarm.com

· Eldredge Farm, Brewster. Contact: eldredgefarmcsa@gmail.com

· Hawk's Wing Farm, Yarmouthport, Contact: Billy Snowden, hawkswingfarm.com

· Seaweed & Codfish Herb Farm, West Dennis. Contact: Veronica Worthington, 508-364-5821.

· Pleasant Lake Farm, Harwich, Contact Skipper Lee, 508-432-1992

2. Become a Regular at the Farmers Market
· Sandwich, every Tuesday 8:00 am-noon, 6 Coast Guard Road, Cape Cod Canal (Seafood Sam’s), Opening 6/16

· Mid-Cape, every Wednesday 8:00 am-noon, Bank of CC Parking Lot, Main Street, Hyannis, Opening 6/17

· Falmouth, every Thursday 12:00-6:00 pm, at Peg Noonan Park, Opening 6/18

· Osterville, every Friday 9:00 am-noon at Osterville Historical Museum, 155 West Bay Road, Opening 7/3

· Buzzards Bay, every Friday 10:00 am-2:00 pm, on Main Street, 7/10

· Orleans, every Saturday 8:00 am-noon, Old Colony Way, Opening 5/1

· Provincetown, every Saturday 11:00 am-4:00 pm, Across from Town Hall, Opening 5/16

3. Join or Start a Food Co-op
· Purchase food items produced off Cape, such as beef, pork, milk

· Members take turns doing weekly/monthly runs

· Read Bringing the Farm to My Door in summer ‘08 issue of Edible Cape Cod http://www.ediblecapecod.com/content/index.php/articles/summer-2008.htm

4. Grow Your Own
· Herbs are an easy way to start

· Grow in pots outside kitchen

· Only cut off as much or as little as you need

· Fresher tasting

· Save $$

5. Get Your Shellfishing License
· Harvest “free” oysters, littleneck, steamers, mussels.

· Join Barnstable Association for Recreational Shellfishing to learn how (www.shellfishing.org) or Commercial Recreational Association for Better Shellfishing

7. Know Thy Fishmonger
· Ask what is freshest/in season

· Ask where fish came from

· Ask how to prepare

8. Pick Your Own
· Coonamessett Farm, Falmouth: veggies, produce, herbs, eggs, flowers

· Tony Andrews Farm, Falmouth: strawberries, peas, tomatoes, pumpkins

· Hokum Rock, Dennis: blueberries

· Holbrook House, Yarmouth: blueberries, raspberries

· E&T Farms, West Barnstable: blueberries

9. When Dining Out, Ask Your Server to Point out Locally-Sourced Menu Items
· Hint: Restaurants that advertise in Edible Cape Cod tend to have many locally grown, raised, caught or prepared items on their menus

· Look for the Buy Fresh, Buy Local Cape Cod Logo

· Support Your Local Growers
· Support Your Local AgComm

· Join:

· SEMAP (umassd.edu/semap)

· Friends of Falmouth Farms (falmouthfarms.org)

· Commercial Hook Fishermens Association (ccchfa.org)

· Buy a Mass AgTag (www.mass.gov/agr/agtag/)

10. Stay Informed
· Join Slow Food Cape Cod (slowfoodcapecod.org/)

· Bookmark Diary of a Locavore (diaryofalocavore.com)

· Subscribe to Edible Cape Cod bi-weekly e-newsletter

· Read Edible Cape Cod

· Plan to attend 2009 CLASH, Sept. 25-27!