Eating locally is getting popular. Our grandmothers ate this way, but the current movement began around 2007, about the same time interest in blogging surged. Coincidence? Hmmm, I don't know.
Locavores are an adventurous lot so I hoped to find adventurous blogs about local food. I started with one I found in a random search, Ontario-based The Hamilton Eat Local blog. The subtitle even reads "issues and adventures in local foods."
Adventures with Hamilton Eat Local
The Hamilton Eat Local blog has an attractive and warm design. Promising. But for a blog about locality, figuring out where it originates was difficult. The title of the blog blended into the nice big homepage photo. Staring and squinting was required to see it.
Most annoying was the lack of an "about us" link. Lots of Hamiltons in the world! I grew up near Hamilton, Ohio, and live not far from Hamilton, Wisconsin. Fortunately, I discovered it was Hamilton, Ontario, by examining the blogroll links.
Hamilton eateries, farms and food organizations are featured in a great set of links organized by type. The site also includes tons of links to provincial and national food resources including government entities, farm organizations, slow and local food movement organizations and foodie blogs.
No recipes found here, but lots of resources
Foodies may be disappointed I found no recipes on the blog. Content is devoted to local food events and activities, and issues in the local food community. The homepage also includes a helpful book list and a user survey.
Beer and food festivals, farms, orchards, restuarants, markets, nutrition issues and interviews with local foodies are among the many and varied topics listed in the archive.
The Hamilton Eat Local blog is a great resource. Rather than an adventure itself, extensive coverage of local restaurants, foodie groups and events makes this a nice launching pad for those who like their adventures in real-time.
"The Rise of the Locavore" in BusinessWeek (May 2008) and "Local Food Movement Grows Even in Recession" from Green Daily (February 2009) attest to the growth of the local food movement.
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