Gainesville Homegrown: Eating Local at The Yearling in Cross Creek

10 Ways to Eat Locally

1 Shop weekly at your local farmers market or farm stand. Visit downtown Gainesville's Union Street Farmers' Market.

2 Join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and get weekly deliveries of the season's harvest. Find local CSAs at Local Harvest.

3 Buy from local grocers and co-ops committed to stocking local food, such as Ward's Supermarket.

4 Support restaurants and food vendors that buy locally produced food.

5 Preserve food from the season — freeze, can, dry — to eat later in the year.

6 Throw a "Locally-Grown Party" and serve all local food.

7 Grow your own food in your yard or community garden plot.

8 Visit local farmers and "u-picks".

9 Ask your grocer or favorite restaurant what local foods they carry.

10 Support the places and people I describe right here on Gainesville Homegrown!