hundreds of heirlooms

That's a Fact!

There are hundreds of heirloom tomato varieties to choose from.

Seed Savers Exchange Members offer 2,702 varieties of tomatoes (non-hybrid) through the 2000 Seed Savers Exchange's Yearbook.

www.heirloomtomatoes.net offers 271 varieties of heirloom tomatoes

How to Eat Locally

Shop weekly at your local farmers market.

10 Ways to Eat Locally

1 Shop weekly at your local farmers market or farm stand

2 Join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and get weekly deliveries of the season's harvest

3 Buy from local grocers and co-ops committed to stocking local food

4 Support restaurants and food vendors that buy locally produced food

5 Preserve food from the season — freeze, can, dry — to eat later in the year

6 Throw a "Locally-Grown Party" and serve all local food

7 Grow your own food in your yard or community garden plot

8 Visit local farmers and "u-picks"

9 Ask your grocer or favorite restaurant what local foods they carry

10 Visit the Eat Local resources web page

The Eat Local Challenge was originally introduced in 2005 by Ecotrust, Portland Farmers Market, the Portland Chapter of the Chefs Collaborative, Sauvie Island Organics, Celilo Group Media, People’s Farmers Market and Plate & Pitchfork, with financial support from New Seasons Market, Hot Lips Pizza, Burgerville and Shorebank Pacific. This version has been modified for year-round use by Ecotrust’s Food & Farms program.