Eating Local for the Holidays

Thanks for taking the Pledge and Eating Local for Thanksgiving. The 3rd annual Eat Local for Thanksgiving campaign was a huge success and we couldn't have done it without you. With your help, a total of 3,535 pledges were collected, a 40% increase over 2008.

This year's pledges revealed that approximately 33,000 individuals throughout Puget Sound took pleasure in a local and "low carbon" Thanksgiving meal---resulting in an impressive CO2 emissions savings of approximately 68,000 pounds. Collectively, your pledge promoted eating locally as a way to support local farms, strengthen the regional economy and protect the environment. That is a lot to be thankful for.

Thanks to you, Cascade Harvest Coalition has a fresh collection of hard numbers and compelling stories to share with local governments, partner and funding organizations highlighting the robust and resolute support in our communities for a healthy, local food system.

http://www.cascadeharvest.org/