A Farmer's Market With Business Hours

Why Buy Local?

    1.There are clear indicators that suggest a growing demand in our region for local foods!

    A study done by Ken Meter, president of the Crossroads Resource Center in Minnesota, found that direct sales from farm to consumer in Northeast Wisconsin has increased 62%, from $3.3 million in 2002 to $5.3 million in 2007.

    2.The food less traveled is:

    • Freshest & tastiest.
    • Preserved properly at a time of peak freshness.
    • More nutritious than foods which break down on the ride over.

    3. We have an opportunity to make our region financially and food secure. Northeast Wisconsin residents purchase $1.7 billion of food each year. ($1 billion on foods to eat at home, $700 million on foods eaten out of home)

If 15% of all food purchases were spent at local businesses on local foods, it would generate $156 million of regional income. (Meter, 2011). A dollar spent at a locally owned business circulates more frequently through our community than a dollar spent at a nationwide franchise.

Trust Local Foods Events

Outdoor Gardening Workshop

Want to get learn about how you can create your own organic garden using the least amount of your lawn? Look no further, as the sustainable School Sisters of Notre Dame and Trust Local Foods are teaming up to provide you with Outdoor Gardening Workshop. You will learn how to use intensive organic gardening techniques, such as Lasagna Gardening, Square Foot Gardening and Organic Gardening. See flier for more details.

Healthy Earth & Healthy Living Series – Sponsored by Trust Local Foods

There is more to come with the Healthy Earth & Healthy Living Series following up Awaken the Dreamer. The events following put to practice what Awakening the Dreamer is all about. The events are Soil Soul and Soup, Organic Vermi-Composting & In-Door Seeding, and Organic Square Foot and Lasagna Gardening. See flier for more unofficial details - Healthy Earth & Living Series.