This is the first time since the birth of our little girl that we’ll have the opportunity to reconnect with the Orlando’s locavore community and get caught up with what is happening with the local food movement.  Speaking of which, Julie did a great show on the topic this week on Front Porch Radio and it was a great primer for me to get my head wrapped around who the players are and what progress has happened since my 2007 Locavore film.  Take a listen to her show here.

Ourlando is the chief organizer of the event and the goal is to raise awareness about our existing local food sources and encourage the locavore lifestyle.  With a little networking and some passion we can build a wonderful local and sustainable food economy.  This will be a great opportunity to meet local farmers and local food purveyors.  I’m sure the talk around Eden bar after the film will be worth the price of admission.

Hope to see you all there.

Farm To Table – an Ourlando Local Food Alliance event

Sunday, November 15, 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM 
$18 @ the Enzian Theater

Buy your tickets online here.
Featuring the the documentary “Food Fight” by Chris Taylor and food by Chef Josh Oakley.
Tickets: $18, includes hors d’oeuvre, beer, coffee and tea.

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1. Talking Community with Julie Norris on Front Porch Radio WPRK

I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on one of my favorite radios shows Front Porch Radio.  Every Wednesday at noon the host Julie Norris serves up an hour’s worth of interviews and insights regarding the cultural scene in and around Orlando.  Julie is also the proprietor of the seriously influential Dandelion Communitea Cafe, a delicious vegan friendly restaurant off Colonial Dr and if you’ve seen my Locavore film than you saw Julie sharing her wisdom about the local food movement and know why I call her Miss Local.

Julie has a new partner in crime co-hosting the show and it was a pleasure to get to meet the very affable Jeremy Seghers.  The three of us, no wait Maya was in Julie’s arms, kicked off the show by discussing how the community developers/leaders of Orlando are beginning to harness the power of social and digital media to keep their base informed and inspired.  She also let me pimp a community round table I had put together with Florida Creative’s founder Ryan Price, called “A New Media Think and Drink: Focus on Community”.  Julie was one of our distinguished roundtable members and it was awesome to talk community with her while we were on the air.

Then to my surprise Thomas Thorspecken the sketchbook toting urban sketcher popped in.  Since January Thor has been posting his incredible sketches daily from a wide variety of cultural events in Central Florida.  It was a pleasure meeting him and becoming acquainted with his work, mission and website.  Please check out his phenomenal work at Analog Artist Digital World.

Additionally a photographer and journalist from Winter Park Magazine were on site to do an article about WPRK.  What better show than Front Porch to best capture the local importance of WPRK’s presence on the airwaves.

Check out the podcast here.

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The past year saw the popularization of a trend in using locally grown ingredients, taking advantage of seasonally available foodstuffs that can be bought and prepared without the need for extra preservatives.

The “locavore” movement encourages consumers to buy from farmers’ markets or even to grow or pick their own food, arguing that fresh, local products are more nutritious and taste better. Locavores also shun supermarket offerings as an environmentally friendly measure, since shipping food over long distances often requires more fuel for transportation.

“The word ‘locavore’ shows how food-lovers can enjoy what they eat while still appreciating the impact they have on the environment,” said Ben Zimmer, editor for American dictionaries at Oxford University Press. “It’s significant in that it brings together eating and ecology in a new way.”

“Locavore” was coined two years ago by a group of four women in San Francisco who proposed that local residents should try to eat only food grown or produced within a 100-mile radius. Other regional movements have emerged since then, though some groups refer to themselves as “localvores” rather than “locavores.” However it’s spelled, it’s a word to watch.

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