Are you up to the challenge of eating locally on the off-season? Permit us to help you. Many of us have no problem eatting locally during the warmer months and find it much more challenging in the colder months of the mid-west due to availability.

Join us Saturdays @ the GGM, NFP Community Winter Market in Geneva, IL. We have fresh, local food for you. This Saturday, November 21st, the Community Winter Market will be hosting its 3rd annual Thanksgiving Localvore Challenge. Participating vendors will have the majority of the ingredients you will need to eat an entirely local Thanksgiving dinner. Sign up early for local free-range turkeys...www.genevagreenmarket.org

Geneva Green Market, NFP is having a localvore essay contest to accompany the Localvore Thanksgiving Challenge. To participate one must strive to come as close to eating 100% locally grown food for your Thanksgiving meal as possible. To participate, write a 250-word essay, discussing the experience of purchasing local ingredients as well as eating the meal itself. The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate for the Community Winter Market, and their essay will be published in the GGM, NFP’s newsletter. Email your essays to genevagreenmarket@gmail.com by 12/1/09.

The Location is at Inglenook Pantry, 11 North 5th Street, Geneva, IL 60134