Eating healthy is a growing mantra today as the nation deals with obesity and related health issues. Buying local always has been a great character trait of Green County residents.
Combine the two, and you have a challenge.
First Lady Jessica Doyle on Tuesday announced the Eat Local Challenge. Its purpose is to encourage consumers to look for locally grown and produced products. It's challenge is to spend 10 percent of one's food budget on locally produced foods, which Doyle said will have a $2 billion impact on the state's economy.
Any program to pour more money into the state's economy is one worth supporting.
One way area residents can find local producers by distance, product or business is by going to savorwisconsin.com.
The site's purpose is to enable customers from across the state, nation and world to find their favorite Wisconsin products easily, searching from their home computer with most advanced Internet search capabilities.
The site, which has been around for six years, lists 55 producers within 25 miles of Monroe. That's great.
Besides produce you would expect to find on the site, such as corn and tomatoes, there's more unique produce like organically-grown raspberries, Angus beef, wool and everything emu.
Green County prides itself on its agricultural heritage, and Lafayette County is as rural as any in the state. The number of vendors on the site exhibits this pride.
The site does not allow vendors to sell their products online, but profiles allow for Web site links where customers can click through to local produce.
What a great way - and potentially healthy economically and physically - to let the rest of the world know about Green and Lafayette county's great cheeses, produce and other items!
Click away.
Combine the two, and you have a challenge.
First Lady Jessica Doyle on Tuesday announced the Eat Local Challenge. Its purpose is to encourage consumers to look for locally grown and produced products. It's challenge is to spend 10 percent of one's food budget on locally produced foods, which Doyle said will have a $2 billion impact on the state's economy.
Any program to pour more money into the state's economy is one worth supporting.
One way area residents can find local producers by distance, product or business is by going to savorwisconsin.com.
The site's purpose is to enable customers from across the state, nation and world to find their favorite Wisconsin products easily, searching from their home computer with most advanced Internet search capabilities.
The site, which has been around for six years, lists 55 producers within 25 miles of Monroe. That's great.
Besides produce you would expect to find on the site, such as corn and tomatoes, there's more unique produce like organically-grown raspberries, Angus beef, wool and everything emu.
Green County prides itself on its agricultural heritage, and Lafayette County is as rural as any in the state. The number of vendors on the site exhibits this pride.
The site does not allow vendors to sell their products online, but profiles allow for Web site links where customers can click through to local produce.
What a great way - and potentially healthy economically and physically - to let the rest of the world know about Green and Lafayette county's great cheeses, produce and other items!
Click away.
