Looking for local food in the Edmonton area?

Whether you’re attempting to follow the 100-mile diet, or you’re just trying to find food that’s fresh and in season, check out Eat Local First.

It’s a network of farms, stores, and restaurants in the Edmonton area that produce and prepare local food products.

Local food sources include restaurants like the first-rate Culina and the funky Blue Plate Diner, growers such as Greens, Eggs & Ham (a local family farm), microbrewer Alley Kat, even Alberta’s only organic-fruit cottage winery, en Santé.

Even when it seems like summer — with its easy-to-find local bounty — will never come, you can locate local food on the Eat Local First website.

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