If you have been thinking about eating more locally grown foods, you're not alone. Higher food costs, food safety issues, and a desire for a better tasting product have lead many to seek out and increase their consumption of locally grown foods. One of the biggest challenges to eating local foods, however, is knowing where to find them. Now this information is right at your fingertips with the Local Foods Maps!

The Mid-Region Council of Governments' Agriculture Collaborative has created a series of online maps to serve as your guide for eating more local more often. The following maps are currently available online:

• Where to Eat and Buy Locally Grown Foods: This map includes farmers markets, CSA's, retails selling locally grown goods, and restaurants that cook with locally grown goods (at least seasonally).
• Agri-tourism and Events: This map includes wine festivals and tastings/tours of wineries, "you-pick" farms and farm tours, state and local fairs, matanzas, and other agriculture/local food events.
• Grow it Yourself: A listing of local resources, busineses and groups to help you grow your own food. You can't get more local than your own backyard!

We just launched these maps and would appreciate any feedback or suggestions you may have. We are also looking for new map entries as well as updates to current entries on the maps. Please contact KT LaBadie at (505) 724-3619 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with any suggestions, changes, or additions for the maps.