Today my husband and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary.  By celebrated I mean we took the train to Seattle (or at least part way) and spent the afternoon learning about why my cat pukes.  Oddly enough, it isn’t because he hates me.  My husband was in charge of today’s activities because he was the one taking the day off of work.  I on the other hand thought to plan a lovely date night for us on Friday.  I even found a babysitter that I actually paid instead of asking my mom to watch my child.

There were two reasons for planning date night last Friday.  First, it was our anniversary.  Second, our local cinema was showing Food, inc.  If you have never seen this film I highly suggest that you find out where the closest cinema is and see it.  It opened in June so there are very few theaters showing it these days.  We were lucky in that our local cinema brought it to town.

Now one would think that seeing a film about the industrialization of the American food system is not that uplifting of a date.  On the contrary.  We walked out feeling that we were actually doing something to make a difference in the way we eat.

In addition to seeing the film we had a lovely dinner at our favorite restaurant, Primo Grill.  A place where the chef takes care to find locally sourced ingredients.  After dinner we had a little extra time so we stopped by King’s Books for some browsing.  However, browsing in a bookstore never means just that.  I walked out with a 1950 Gardening Handbook to add to my vintage garden book collection and 3 new and used books on food in America, Organic, inc., Fast Food Nation and Recipe for America.

With all of this hyper-localism and sustainable eating we got to thinking about what we could do to spread the word of why eating local is a good thing.  This blog is a good place to start.  So is your next meal.  You can make a difference, one meal at a time.