Buying your food from local farmers will help keep their farms profitable, reducing the pressure to sell their land.

Why should you buy locally grown food?

You'll get exceptional taste and freshness, strengthen your local economy, support endangered family farms and so much more.

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"BUY LOCAL" CHALLENGE SCOREBOARD

Check out our scoreboard below to see how your state is doing in the "Buy Local" Challenge. Scroll down to see how much money has been committed to local foods in your state.

If you haven't pledged yet, go back to the Challenge main page for more information or, if you've already committed money, tell a friend about the challenge.

State	# of People Pledging	Dollars Committed
California	205	$231,590
Washington	126	$99,135
Pennsylvania	176	$72,555
New York	113	$53,950
Texas	62	$41,430
Ohio	71	$34,610
Maryland	69	$29,190
Michigan	72	$29,140
Minnesota	54	$27,990
Oregon	46	$26,780
Virginia	56	$26,590
Massachusetts	60	$26,435
Oklahoma	47	$25,060
North Carolina	52	$22,000
Illinois	41	$18,280
Florida	60	$17,860
Wisconsin	40	$17,340
Colorado	34	$15,380
Hawaii	11	$15,240
Missouri	31	$13,910
New Jersey	41	$12,360
Arizona	26	$12,100
Georgia	39	$11,610
Connecticut	26	$10,800
Maine	23	$9,680
Vermont	19	$9,580
Kansas	25	$9,510
Indiana	27	$9,400
	30	$9,140
Iowa	25	$8,310
New Mexico	16	$7,760
Idaho	19	$7,720
Tennessee	26	$7,000
New Hampshire	14	$6,760
West Virginia	8	$6,340
South Carolina	17	$5,830
District of Columbia	11	$5,160
Arkansas	8	$4,480
Louisiana	8	$4,120
Kentucky	19	$3,780
Alabama	13	$3,300
Utah	13	$3,030
Nevada	6	$2,740
Delaware	7	$2,220
Rhode Island	7	$1,740
Alaska	6	$1,670
Montana	9	$1,540
Nebraska	6	$1,480
Mississippi	5	$1,220
South Dakota	3	$1,160
Wyoming	4	$920
North Dakota	3	$260
Totals:	1935	$1,027,185