Community/Local Foods

Locally-Grown, Sustainably-Grown Foods in Oklahoma

Nothing beats the taste of fresh, locally grown foods!

A rainbow of fruits and vegetables grow on Oklahoma farms.
Find out how locally-grown foods can be good for you, good for the environment, and good for family farms!

It’s Fresh Oklahoma farms grow everything from asparagus to zuchinni  An Oklahoma Harvest Calendar   The Oklahoma Farm-to-School Program Kids are digging into tasty foods grown locally   Do You Know Your Farmer? Connect with farmers and farmers’ markets and find delicious local foods The Oklahoma Food Connection (A Directory of Farms & Farmers’ Markets Selling Locally-Grown)   Think Globally, Eat Locally Farmers’ markets and other local foods outlets in Northeastern Oklahoma   Local Food Is About the … 10 Reasons to Buy Local Food   What is Sustainable? Everyone says it, what does it mean?   Students Speak About Sustainably-Grown, Locally-Grown foods Annual Kerr Center essay contest asks what you think and awards cash prizes to the best essays 2008: The Value of Locally Grown Food 2007: Renewable Energy: Are Bio-Fuels the Answer to Our Fuel Crisis? 2006: Get Healthy with Oklahoma Farm-to-School Program 2005: Healthy Choices in School Vending Machines 2004: Why Schools Should Serve Locally-grown Foods 2003: Protecting Our Farm and Ranchland 2002: Making a Sustainable Food System   Fun On the Farm! At Fall Farm-Fest for Kids school classes explore life on an OK farm 100 years ago.

The following stories can be found in the Kerr Center's recently published report, Closer to Home: Healthy Food, Farms and Families.   Cut Those Food Miles The average food in the U.S. travels 1500 miles from farm gate to dinner plate. Buying locally can cut those miles 90% Buying locally saves energy! On the Menu: A Taste of Oklahoma Food Miles and Regional Markets Case in Point: Braum’s Dairy   Get Your Hands Dirty Get up close and personal with soil and plants. Touch the earth to save the earth. Community Gardens School Gardens   Working Together for Good Food The Oklahoma Food Cooperative offers Oklahoma-grown online   Save Our Farms Farmland is good for the environment. Find out how. Farmland Preservation in Oklahoma Farming the Family Way: Conrad Farms   Eat a Peach Lose pounds and get healthy with Oklahoma farm-fresh. Good Food For Good Health: Combating Poor Nutrition and Obesity with Locally-Grown Foods  Curing our Kids: Better Food for Better Health

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This project is supported by the Community Food Projects Program of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, grant # 2004-33800-15141

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