On this week's Good Growing podcast we welcome a new podcast contributor, Nick Frillman! Nick is a local food system and small farms educator with University of Illinois Extension based in the Bloomington/Normal area. This week Nick, Ken, and Chris talk about the local Thanksgiving Challenge, which is sourcing items for the Thanksgiving meal from a local grower or market. Nick gives us some tips on what may be available locally and lets us know that local food at Thanksgiving doesn't have to be the entire meal.

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0:15 Hey Ken!

1:24 Welcome Nick!

4:54 The tradition of Thanksgiving, celebrating the harvest, and local community food systems

7:48 The Local Thanksgiving Challenge - reconnecting with your local food system

9:14 What are some of the different things we could find at local markets this time of year?

10:31 Finding a local market near you at www.ilfma.org/find-a-market

11:34 What are some simple options for providing maybe a few local ingredients in a holiday meal?

15:33 Are there benefits to using locally grown food?

17:24 Is there a definition of what constitutes local food? Talking about foodsheds

21:36 Let's talk money and costs of local food plus the higher costs of food in general

26:14 How are we planning to support local this holiday season

29:40 What do Good Growing listeners do to support locally grown or made products?

30:20 Thank you's and Happy Thanksgiving!

Choose local foods with Extension this Thanksgiving, Flowers Fruits and Frass Blog: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/flowers-fruits-and-frass/2021-10-26-choose-local-foods-thanksgiving

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