Local Eating: An Interview With Andrea Bemis

When the pandemic began in March 2020, the very backbone of the food industry was laid bare to the world and many of us discovered how to source food locally. But as we begin to see the bright light of the end of the pandemic, can we continue these ideas into our routines? How do we make Local Eating a normal thing? How do we learn to eat this way? Most of all how do we even begin this process on a larger scale sustainably?

Today, Megan Gilger sits down with Andrea Bemis who is a farmer with her husband at Tumbleweed Farm in Hood River, Oregon who began the Local Thirty challenge. She has written two cookbooks Dishing up the Dirt and Local Dirt all about seasonal and local eating. On top of that, she also creates recipes near-weekly on her blog, Dishing up the Dirt that celebrates local and seasonal eating habits. During the Local Thirty, Andrea worked with a team of filmmakers to create a gorgeous documentary about our food system and the pursuit for a life focused on supplying our food closer to home.

Andrea describes to us how Local eating is about community eating. A beautiful sentiment that carries through as Megan and Andrea share how local eating is far more affordable and accessible than we have been made to believe. There is so much discussed to help you navigate how local eating can become a sustainable thing for you in your life.

You can find more about Andrea and her work in pursuing local and community-focused food chains through all the links below.

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Learn more about Andrea Bemis:

Tumbleweed Farm

Dishing Up the Dirt - Blog

Dishing Up the Dirt - Cookbook

Local Dirt - Cookbook

Local Thirty Challenge

Local Thirty Documentary

Andrea's Instagram

Andrea's Recipes

Blog Posts to Reference:

5 Simple and Affordable to Start Eating Local

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