Hi how’s it going? Is anyone struggling? Is it getting easier or more difficult? Too expensive? Let us know what the issues are.

Haven’t got started yet? It’s not too late! If you could plan just one meal using locally produced/sourced food it will help us to understand more about the challenges involved in this experiment.

Looking for inspiration for locally sourced food? Here are some websites that might help:

http://www2.btcv.org.uk/display/freefoodguide
BTCV’s Grow Your Own Food Guide, this downloadable guide aims to help you get the best from food and reduce the impact on our environment and is crammed with tips, advice and recipes.

http://www.food-mag.co.uk/index.php
Your free guide to the best restaurants, pubs, cafes, accommodation, recipes and shopping in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, Bath and Bristol.

http://www.lovetheflavour.co.uk/
Described as Your essential guide to the best eating and drinking in Devon, this guide aims to promote Devon-based businesses committed to producing and using local raw materials and ingredients.

http://www.tastebudsmagazine.co.uk/
A free magazine that celebrates food and drink in Devon.

By the way, look what I spotted in the Co-op:

West Country milk