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Athens Eat Local Week


PLACE and Farm255 will be coordinating an “Eat Local Week” being sponsored by Georgia Organics as part of a state-wide “I’m a Local” Campaign. The mission of the “Eat Local Week” is to raise consumer awareness of local food issues by creating celebratory opportunities for them to easily experience local foods … and to connect them with opportunities for them to integrate locally grown foods into their diet on an ongoing basis. The primary target are people who are interested in eating good, fresh, healthy food but haven’t necessarily become aware of the local food movement per se yet. Think of them as the EarthFare or Whole Foods shoppers that like the idea of buying from farmers, and like buying really fresh and wonderful food, but haven’t yet realized what a difference locally grown can make in the quality of the product and the impact on their communities. The ultimate goal of the “Eat Local Week” and the “I’m a Local” Campaign is to increases farmer sales of their products. The primary means of measuring the impact would be farmer sales to restaurants, at farmers’ markets, and to grocers and other retailers.

The “Eat Local Week” in Athens will run from Thursday, September 20th to Thursday, September 27th. While I know some farmers are already providing some of these restaurants, this will hopefully provide more farmers a chance to build some relationships with more locally owned restaurants. All the farmer’s can contact the restaurants on their own or I can act as a liaison between the two if interested farmers want to email me at craigp@localplace.org.

The “I’m a Local” Campaign is intended to educate consumers about how they can find locally grown, sustainable foods. Beginning with a 10-day festival, focusing on the benefits of consuming such fare, the campaign will continue throughout the year by identifying and promoting sustainable, healthy foods throughout the state of Georgia. The “I’m a Local” Campaign is sponsored by Georgia Organics, a local organization whose mission is to integrate local, sustainable, healthy foods into the lives of all Georgians. If anyone is interested in learning more, visit http://www.buylocalgeorgia.org

The list of participating restaurants are below:

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 401 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601 706.354.6966 depalmasdowntown@charter.net http://www.depalmasitaliancafe.com/

Harry Bissett’s Cafe & Oyster Bar 279 East Broad Street Athens, GA 30601 706.353.7065 fax: 706.549.7802 contact@harrybissetts.net http://www.harrybissetts.net/

East/West Bistro 351 E. Broad Street Athens, GA 30606 706.546.9378. jane@eastwestbistro.com http://eastwestbistro.com/

Speakeasy 269 E Broad St Athens, GA 30601 (706) 546-5556

The National 232 West Hancock Avenue Athens, GA 30601 706.549.3450 tele 706.552.1591 fax prdale@gmail.com http://thenationalrestaurant.com/

Five & Ten 1653 S. Lumpkin Street Athens, Georgia 30606 (706) 546-7300 TEL (706) 546-7302 FAX 5and10restaurant@gmail.com http://www.fiveandten.com/

Farm255 255 West Washington Street Athens, GA 30601 706.549.4660 Tele 706.549.4659 Fax info@farm255.com http://www.farm255.com

The Grit 199 Prince Ave Athens, GA 30601 (706) 543-6592 http://www.thegrit.com/

White Tiger Gourmet Food and Chocolates 217 Hiawasee Ave. Athens, GA 30601 706-353-6847

La Dolce Vita 323 E Broad St. Athens, GA 30601 (706) 353-3911

The Last Resort 184 W Clayton St Athens, GA 30601 (706) 549-0810 http://www.lastresortgrill.com/

Mama’s Boy 197 Oak St Athens, GA 30601 (706) 548-6249 mamasboyathens@gmail.com http://www.eatatmamasboy.com/