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Eat Local First: Weeklong celebration includes farm-to-table dining and more

July 15, 2013

By Maura Judkis, The Washington Post

July 16, 2013

Many Washington area diners are savvy about where their food comes from; hundreds of thousands visit area farmers markets every year. But the local-food movement is more than markets, as Stacey Price, executive director of Think Local First D.C., will be the first to remind people.

People seem to be getting the message. Eat Local First Week, now in its third year, continues to grow. July 22-27, you can drink beer brewed from ingredients commonly found on local foraging expeditions. You can tour edible urban gardens, and cool off afterward with a seasonal drink from Big Bear Cafe. And you can eat and drink your way through the 125 vendors at the Farm-to-Street block party at Union Market, closing out the week.

In between those events, you can dine out at restaurants, including many of our members, offering special locavore menu items. For some of them, it’s business as usual; restaurants such as Table and Farmers Fishers Bakers incorporate sustainability and local sourcing into their menus all year round. 

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