Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Illinois
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Buy Fresh Buy Local (BFBL), is a local foods’ campaign to encourage the community to support localfarmers. This includes everyone from individual consumers to larger buyers, including restaurants and grocery stores. Through the BFBL campaign’s marketing materials (such as the logo above), consumers can identify locally produced foods and farmers can reach new local markets. If you are a grower, producer, retailer, restaurant or other Central Illinois institution specializing in or promoting Last year, the BFBL Central Illinois chapter expanded to produce directories for the Springfield-area and Bloomington/Normal-area. You can follow the links below to find each region's 2009-2010 directory listings of local food producers/growers, restaurants using local foods and other local food resources. Also this year, BFBL Central Illinois will hold its third annual “Local Flavors” restaurant series in both chapter areas. Over the last two years, Springfield-area restaurants have participated in hosting lunches and dinners featuring seasonal specials with locally produced and grown foods. This year’s Springfield-area series will be held from mid-May through mid-November. If you have any questions or concerns about Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Illinois or “Local Flavors," please call the Illinois Stewardship Alliance at (217) 528-1563 or email Erika Helmerichs at Erika@ilstewards.org.
2010-2011 Buy Fresh Buy Local Membership Application 2010 BFBL Online Membership Application
2009-2010 Buy Fresh Buy Local Central Illinois Directories 2009 Springfield BFBL Directory 2009 Bloomington/Normal BFBL Directory
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