Super Eco

Photo credit: mimbrava, flickr

Quick, where's your nearest farmer's market? Co-op? CSA? Organic food store? How about your nearest organic bakery (now you're talking!)? Yeah. I dunno either. We've all been hearing we should "eat local," but honestly, sometimes it seems impossible. Where do you go—that's local to you—to find the good stuff?

This is why I was so excited to run across the Eat Well Guide. Plug in your city, your zip code, whatever you have, in the US (and Canada!), and you can find farms, farm markets, organic food, bakeries, and more, all local to you. And what if you're traveling? You can search local, sustainable, organic food for wherever you're headed, create a personalized guide and download the whole thing to your computer. There's also a seasonal food guide so you know what fruits and vegetables are grown fresh and local in your area. Woot!

I totally tested this thing out, by the way, and it ROCKS. I did a search on 4 different areas, places I have lived or am moving to, and the searches brought up not only my tried-and-trues but also choices I never even knew about before. And I thought I was thorough in my ongoing search for awesome organic eats! But the Eat Well Guide did me one better. So do yourself one better, will you? And find your own awesome local organic purveyors.

Eat well, indeed.