High-tech tomatoes. Mysterious milk. Supersquash. Are we supposed to eat this stuff? Or is it going to eat us?

Annita Manning

Localvore Food Sources

Not sure of where 100 miles from where you are located would be?  Check out this customized map based on your zip code.

Try the Eat Well Guide that will point you to farms restaurants, stores, and lodging establishments that focus on local agriculture.

Or, try the Rodale Farm Search Tool.

Local Eggs!

The ladies at the Knoll Farm on Bragg Hill Road and the Mountain Valley Farm on Common Road have been working overtime to produce fresh eggs for the Mad River Valley. Both farms stepped up their production to meet Localvore demands and are now flush with eggs. Prices range from $3 to $3.50 a dozen.

Click here to learn more about local eggs and where you can get them in the Mad River Valley.

The info below was developed specifically for the September 2007 Eat Local Challenge and may now be out of date.

Wondering where to get hard to find Localvore items for the upcoming Challenge??  Sign up to get an EAT LOCAL Challenge starter kit.  Just $25.  Learn more.

Special Information on the Red Hen Localvore Loaves

Click here for a message from the bakers at Red Hen about this summer's Localvore Loaves.

Summer Food Availability

• Gaylord Farmstand
• Hartshorn Farmstand
• Hunger Mountain Coop
• Local Beer
• Mehurons
• Moretown General Store
• Schoolhouse Market
• Shaws
• Sweet Pea
• The Village Grocery
• The Waitsfield Wine Shoppe
• The Warren Store

Gaylord Farmstand

Vegetables: Lots of Seasonal Veggies!

Meat: Chicken, beef, pork, eggs

Hartshorn's Farmstand

Fruits:  Apples, melons

Vegetables: Lots of Seasonal Veggies!

Sweets:  Maple Syrup

Hunger Mountain Co-op (Montpelier)

Vegetables: sugar pumpkins, acorn squash, carrots, red and gold beets, turnips, parsnips, garlic, braising greens, sprouts, Flack Family Farm kimchee and sauerkraut

Dairy: Strafford Organic Dairy milk, cream and ice cream (Strafford), Monument Farms Co-op brand milk, half and half, and cream (Weybridge), Liberte yogurt (Quebec), Woodstock Water Buffalo yogurt (Woodstock), Willow Hill Sheep Yogurt and cheese (Milton), Cobb Hill Cheese (Hartland), Does Leap Farm cheese (East Fairfield), Frog City Cheese (Plymouth), Major Farm cheese (Putney), Orb Weaver Farm cheese (New Haven), Plymouth Cheese Co. cheese (Plymouth)

Meat: Apple Ridge Farm (Shoreham), Back Beyond (Chelsea), Boyden Farm (Cambridge), Cavendish Game Farm (Cavendish), Flint Brook (Roxbury), Garvin Hill Vermont Beefalo (Greensboro), Maple Lane (Cabot), Misty Knoll, North Hollow (Rochester), Stonewood Farm (Orwell), Winding Brook (Morrisville)

Bakery: Trukenbrod (Vershire)

Fruit: Champlain Valley Orchards cider and apples (West Shoreham), Berry Creek Farms frozen strawberries (Westfield),

Sweets: Gormly's apple cider jelly (North Chittenden), Brookfield Sugarmakers syrup, Kingdom Mtn syrup, Smith Family Farms syrup, State of VT syrup, Beehaven honey

Wine: Flag Hill Cider (Vershire), Grandview Winery (Calais)

Other: Rhapsody tempeh

Local Beer for Localvores

Sean Lawson, fellow Localvore, is offering a locally brewed beer for the next Localvore challenge for those of you interested in quaffing a more product produced closer to home.  Click here to learn more.

Sean also has a substantial supply of barley that he would be willing to sell by the pound to localvores interested in it for cereal or to use in a baked good (he will even grind it into flour for you!!).  E-Mail Sean directly.

Mehuron's Market

Fruit: Champlain Orchards apples, Cold Hollow cider, Vermont Village Organic Applesauce

Produce: produce suppliers vary daily but often include Mazza's and Legarre's. Last week they had zucchini, summer squash, eggplant, peppers from those two farms plus organic garlic and mesclun mix from Von Trapps.

Dairy: Monument Farm milk and cream, Liberte yogurt, Butterworks Farm yogurt and heavy cream, VT Butter and Cheese chevre, butter, creme fraiche and marscapone,a variety of cheeses from: Willow Hill Farm, Shelburne Farms, Blue Ledge Farms, Vermont Farmstead, Blythedale Farm, Lazy Lady Farm, Jasper Farm and Grafton Village Cheese Co.

Eggs: Gwyn's Eggs (Waitsfield)

Meats: Misty Knoll Farm Free Range Chicken & TurkeySweets: Vermont Wildflower Honey, Singing Cedars Apiaries honey, Champlain Valley apiaries, A. Long maple syrup

Wines and Spirits: Boyden Valley Wineries red and white wines, Shelburne Vineyards red and white wines, Sunshine Vodka (made in Stowe but source of potatoes is not verified), Vermont Spirits Vodka ("Gold" made from maple sap and "White" from milk sugars)

Moretown General Store

• Eastman Long and Sons Maple Syrup
• Cold Hollow Cider
• Maple Meadow Farm Eggs
• Cabot Cheese

Schoolhouse Market

Vegetables: beans, beets, cabbage, carrots, corn, cukes, eggplant, garlic, herbs, kales, lettuce, mesclun, mushrooms, onions, potatoes, rutabagas, snow pea sprouts, sunflower sprouts, tomatoes, turnips, winter squashes, zucchiniatoes, mesclun, lettuce, cukes, kales, carrots, winter squashes, potatoes, zucchini

Fruit: Apples, cantaloupes, pears, and cider

Meats: Gaylord Farm beef; Misty Knoll chicken and turkey; VT Smoke and Cure bacon and fresh sausage; chicken, duck, quail, bacon

Eggs: Local

Wine: Boyden Valley Winery grape and fruit wines, Shelburne Vineyard wines

Dairy: Three Shepherds cheese, Vermont Butter and Cheese chevre, butter, and creme fraiche, Maplebrook Farm cheese curd, fresh and smoked mozzarella, Blythedale Farm brie and camembert, Bonnieview Farm Mossend blue, Coomersdale cheese, and feta, Taylor Farm gouda (several varieties), Green Mountain Blue Cheese, Doe's Leap chevre, Grafton cheddars, Woodstock Water Buffalo mozzarella and yogurts, Willow Hill sheep and cow's milk cheeses and sheep's yogurt,

Sweets: Maple syrup, maple sugar, and various honeys

Other: Flack Family Farm kimchi and sauerkraut; unsweetened apple butter; Red Hen Localvore Loaf; oats; organic cornmeal; flowers

Shaw's

Sweets: Green Mountain Honey Farms honey

Dairy: VT Butter and Cheese chevre, Cabot cheddar

Other: Vermont Village Cannery applesauce (in small snack size packs)

Sweet Pea Whole Foods Market

Vegetables: lots of seasonal options!

Fruit: loose apples from Champlain Orchards- Paula Red and Ginger Gold, Macs & Cider

Dairy: Crowley Cheese (Healdville VT), VT Butter and Cheese chevre, mascarpone, creme fraiche, quark and butter, Neighborly Farms feta, Woodcock Farm sheep's milk cheese, Grafton Cheese cheddar, Strafford Organic Creamery ice cream (maple is the only truly local flavor) and milk, Butterworks Farm yogurt and heavy cream, Woodstock Water Buffalo yogurt, Oak Knoll Dairy goats' milk, Millborne Farm yogurt drink, Frog City Cheese, mozzarella, Crowley cheeses

Eggs: from Donald Terry and Lichen Rock (organically fed)

Bulk: Local Oats

Sweets: maple syrup (bulk bin), Bill's Busy Bees natural comb honey, Green Mountain Honey Farms honey, Dunham Family Maple syrup, Highland Sugarworks syrup, Northwoods Apiaries Organic Raw Honey, Willis Wood's Pure Cider Jelly, Honey Gardens Apiaries Raw Honey, Maple Sugar, Boiled Cider, Cider Jelly,

Wines: Shelburne Vineyards Lakewood White, New World Red, Vidal Blanc Ice Wine, Rhapsody Dessert

Other assorted stuff: Vermont Village Cannery applesauce, Love and Tea "Green Mountain Mint", Sheffield Farm Seitan, Rahapsody Tempeh, Butterworks Farm Sunflower Oil

Meats: Misty Knoll Chicken, Turkey, Sausage, Turkey Cutlets, Ground Turkey, Meadow View Farm Ground Beef & Steaks

The Waitsfield Wine Shoppe

Vermont wines from Boyden Valley Winery and Shelburne Vineyards.

The Warren Store

Dairy: in the deli- Blue Ledge Farm La Luna cheese, Taylor Smoked Gouda cheese, VT Gorgonzola cheese, Dancing Cow Farmstead cheese, Blue Ledge Farm Lake's Edge chevre

Wines: Shelburne Vineyards (all wines except the Cabernet-Franc-Merlot blend are from VT grapes), Snow Farm Vineyard (South Hero, VT)

Eggs: from Salisbury, VT

Sweets: Old Mill Apiaries honey comb (Fair Haven VT)