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Join Your Friends and Neighbors in Discovering the Joys and Benefits of Local Food
Take the challenge!
This summer, kick-start your quest to eat more local foods by participating in Eat Local, America! Hosted by natural food co-ops nationwide, the initiative highlights the great taste of local food while celebrating our communities' farmers and other food producers who make it all possible. We are excited to share this experience with the Chico community!
To take the challenge, participants simply set a goal for 
themselves. For a newcomer the challenge may mean incorporating one local meal into their diet, while seasoned "localvores" may pledge to eat only local. We'll have plenty of events and information throughout the month to help you along your challenge!
Not sure where to start? Download Buy Fresh Buy Local's Eater's Guide to the North State! It's full of great information on local business, CSAs. Farmers Markets, restaurants and more! Here at the co-op we'll have all our local products marked so they're easy to find.
Share your ideas for the challenge on our facebook! You can also visit the national ELA webpage to see what other across the country are doing!
We're excited to be taking this challenge with you! Here are a few things we've got up our sleeves:
Local Food Demos in the Co-op
Every Tuesday and Friday from 11am-1pm throughout the month of September you can sample products from some of our local vendors! From olives and cheese, to tasty beverages and breads, you're sure to be inspired!
Eat Local Photo Challenge on Facebook
We want to see your love of local! Each week we'll post a theme and you post your pictures. At the end of each week, a co-op staff member will pick their favorite photo and that lucky local-lover will win a $25 gift certificate to the Co-op!
ELA Challenge Blog
Follow four guest bloggers on their adventure with ELA! Alex, Candace, Ryan, and Vincent all come from very different backgrounds when it comes to food. Find out their struggles, triumphs, and more as they step up to the challenge!
Taste of Chico
We'll be at Taste of Chico on September 11th dishing out ALL LOCAL salads and appetizers. Come by for some delicious food and to discover some new local products!
Canning Workshop
Co-op board member Stephanie Elliot will be teaching two workshops on canning! Learn to preserve your summer harvest to enjoy in the winter. Each workshop is $10 and gets you an hour and a half of instruction plus all your supplies! You'll head home with a mason jar full of preserved LOCAL fruit! Sign up early at the Co-op as each class holds only 15 people.
Wednesday, September 14 6:00-7:30pm
Saturday, September 17, 9:00-10:30am
All Local Dinners
We have super exciting plans for two amazing dinners hosted in unusual places with local meals made by amazing local chefs. Check back for details!
Think that the ELA Challenge will actually be a CHALLENGE? Think again! Local products are everywhere! You can discover local foods at restaurants, our many Farmer's Markets, straight from the farms, and (of course) here at the Co-op. To make shopping for local at the Co-op easier, during the month of September all our local products will be marked with a tag like this:
You can also find recipes utilizing local ingredients on our blog, From the Co-op to the Kitchen!
Share your own recipes with us by sending them to news@chiconatural.com.