2023 Eat Local Month
Meet your farmer, chef, grocer, fisher
Join us for a month-long celebration of local food and those who grow, raise, fish, make, and cook it to share with us! All month long we’ll be highlighting opportunities to meet your chef, farmer, fisher, and grocer and experience the unique flavors of our region. Check out our giveaway page to win local goodies all through September!
Experience all the best flavors of Whatcom County by bike with Bike Northwest! Embark on guided + supported bicycle tours that offer an in-depth look at where our food comes from and behind-the-scenes experiences with those who gather, grow, prepare, and catch our food for us! Visit Bike Northwest for complete details.
Bike Tours
Consider extending your culinary adventure by staying in beautiful Bellingham and Whatcom County. We recommend Snowater Resort, the Holiday Inn, and Semiahmoo Resort!
Check out The Top Places to Get Away and Stay in Bellingham & Whatcom County!
Places to Stay
Farm to Table Trails
All Year Long!: Eat local and earn prizes! Check in at local farms, restaurants, and farm stays on our Farm to Table Trails to receive points. Use your collected points to choose Eat Local First prizes.
Get to know your local farmers markets, fish markets, and grocers
Sept. 1-9 Market Week: Farmers markets, fish markets, cheese markets, and grocers are bountiful at the end of summer, and well into the fall – come enjoy, and support your local market vendors! Check out Bike Northwest’s Market Week ride.
Meet Your Farmer
Sept. 10-16 Farm Week: Learn about local agriculture and enjoy farm activities like:
- Participating in the Whatcom County Farm Tour
- Visiting a local Farm Stand
- Subscribing to a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
- U-pick apples and pumpkin patches
- Enjoy Bike Northwest’s Farm Week ride
Find Farms Near You
Meet Local Chefs and Restaurateurs
Sept. 17-23 Restaurant Week: Local restaurants will feature menu specials comprised of 50% or more local ingredients – these specials run for all of September! Look for the fork at local restaurants to find the Eat Local Month specials. Get a guided bike experience on Bike Northwest’s Restaurant Week ride!
Meet Your Fisher
Sept. 24-30 Seafood Week: Enjoy the amazing flavors from our own Salish Sea
- Visit the Bellingham Dockside Market
- Search for tasty Seafood from one of many local fishers
- Try your hand at baking salmon with fresh herbs
- Get excited for Seafeast on Oct. 14 and 15!
- Explore local seafood on Bike Northwest’s Seafood Week ride!
Win local prizes!
We’re giving away amazing local food prizes all month long! Be sure to follow on @eatlocalfirstnw for the latest and greatest giveaways.
Eat Local Month Reading Lists
Learn more about local food with these book lists from the Bellingham Public Library!
For Adults
America– Farm to Table
by Mario Batali
Blessing the Hands That Feed Us
by Vicki Robin
Field Guide to Urban Gardening
by Kevin Espiritu
Growing Tomorrow
by Forrest Pritchard
The New Farm
by Brent Preston
A Precautionary Tale
by Philip Ackerman-Leist
The Preserving Answer Book
by Sherri Brooks Vinton
A Little Bit of Land
by Jessica Gigot
Regenesis
by George Monbiot
The Urban Garden
by Kathy Jentz
The Urban Homesteading Cookbook
by Michelle Catherine Nelson
For Kids
Eggs From Red Hen Farm
by Monica Wellington
Food for the Future
by Mia Wenjen
Fresh-picked Poetry
by Michelle Schaub
Grow
by Riz Reyes
How to Say Hello to A Worm
by Kari Percival
To Market, to Market
by Nikki McClure
Plant, Cook, Eat!
by Joe Archer
Rah, Rah, Radishes!
by April Pulley Sayre
Right This Very Minute
by Lisl H. Detlefsen
Summer Supper
by Rubin Pfeffer
Tops & Bottoms
by Janet Stevens
What Will Fit?
by Grace Lin
BRING HOME THE FLAVORS OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, AND GET A TASTE OF WHAT GROWS HERE!
Thank you to our partner farmers markets for providing some fun, tasty ways to enjoy produce and products you can get at your local farmers market! With the help of some local markets, we’ve got some delicious local recipes for you to try at home!
Thank you to our sponsors!
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