About Buy Fresh Buy Local

Buy Fresh Buy Local chapters are popping up in every community across the USA! Check to see if a chapter is located near you or in your state CHAPTERS LIST or contact FoodRoutes if you are interested in starting a chapter at info@foodroutes.org.

Click here for a list of our current Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapters.

CHAPTERS AT WORK:
Our BFBL Chapter Affiliates are connecting consumers in communities throughout the country to the freshest, most delicious locally grown and locally produced foods available. Through outreach education, fun events, festivals, farmers markets and by supporting local food system revitalization our chapter members and chapter affiliates are hard at work expanding the availability and quality of locally grown and produced foods. Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapters are coordinated nationally by FoodRoutes Network, a nonprofit organization based in Pennsylvania.

Making a Difference

• In Northeast Iowa, the chapters have helped double local food purchases among twenty three institutional buyers, including hospitals, retirement homes, restaurants, grocers, and colleges. Together, these institutions spent approximately $465,000 on locally produced fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy and baked goods in 2004 - dollars that otherwise might not have been invested locally.
• Kansas City's Chapter has tracked a 36% increase in local food sales for the Good Natured Family Farmers Cooperative selling through a group of locally owned and operated supermarkets in the Kansas City metro area since the chapter's inception in summer, 2004.
• In Alabama the BFBL Chapter Affiliate coordinated 204 billboards displaying the Buy Fresh Buy Local logo for 2 months reaching an average daily viewing of 1,043,000 people.
• Louisiana BFBL held a "Cast-Iron Chef Challenge" which had two teams from Louisiana State University go up against a team of local consumers who enjoy cooking. The challenge was to use a host of local ingredients.
• Pennsylvania held successful BFBL field trips as part of BFBL Month that invited consumers into the homes of many local family farms to see and learn where their local food comes from.

Help Make A Difference with Us! Join or start a logo BFBL Chapter in your community contact FoodRoutes to learn more at info@foodroutes.org

Take the Buy Local Challenge by pledging to spend just $10/week or more on local food and make a difference in your community!

See the latest news of what Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapters are doing around the country.

Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapters
Alabama: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Alabama (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Alabama Farmers Market Authority California: Buy Fresh, Buy Local California (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) Local Chapters: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Central Coast Buy Fresh, Buy Local Gold Coast Buy Fresh, Buy Local Bay Area Buy Fresh, Buy Local San Luis Obispo Buy Fresh, Buy Local Northern San Joaquin Buy Fresh, Buy Local Sacramento Valley Buy Fresh, Buy Local Southern San Joaquin Valley Buy Fresh, Buy Local North Coast Colorado/New Mexico/Wyoming: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Georgia: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Georgia (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Georgia Organics, Inc. Idaho: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Idaho Inland Northwest (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Rural Roots Illinois: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Central Illinois (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) The Land Connection Foundation Iowa: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Iowa Statewide Chapter Local Chapters: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Black Hawk County Chapter Buy Fresh, Buy Local Fairfield Chapter Buy Fresh, Buy Local Southeast Iowa Chapter Buy Fresh, Buy Local Northeast Iowa Chapter Buy Fresh, Buy Local Des Moines Metro Buy Fresh, Buy Local Iowa Valley Buy Fresh, Buy Local Limestone Bluffs Buy Fresh, Buy Local Prairie Partners Buy Fresh, Buy Local Johnson City Chapter Buy Fresh, Buy Local Quad City Chapter Louisiana: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Louisiana (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Big River Economic & Agricultural Development Alliance (BREADA) Massachusetts: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Massachusetts (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP) Minnesota: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Minnesota (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Land Stewardship Project (LSP) Mississippi: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Mississippi (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Federation of Southern Cooperatives Missouri: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Kansas City (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Bridging the Gap (BTG) and Good Natured Family Farms Cooperative		Montana: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Montana (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO) Nebraska: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Nebraska (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Nebraska Cooperative Development Center Nevada: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Nevada (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Nevada Certified Farmers Market Association New Jersey: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Northwest New Jersey (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) New Jersey Foodshed Alliance New York: Buy Fresh, Buy Local New York (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NYSAWG) Ohio: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Ohio (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Innovative Farmers of Ohio Oklahoma: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Oklahoma (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture Pennsylvania: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Pennsylvania (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Local Chapters: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Western PA (PASA) Buy Fresh, Buy Local Southeastern PA (White Dog Foundation - Local Chapter Coordinator) Buy Fresh, Buy Local Chester County Chapter Buy Fresh, Buy Local Northern Tier Chapter Buy Fresh, Buy Local South Central PA Chapter Buy Fresh, Buy Local Valleys of the Susquehanna Virginia: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Piedmont Region of Virginia (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Piedmont Environmental Council (PECVA) Wisconsin: Buy Fresh, Buy Local Southern Wisconsin (Regional Chapter Affiliate Coordinator) Research, Education, Action and Policy on Food Group (REAP Food Group)

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