Buy Fresh Buy Local
Nutrition educators have assisted in coordination of Buy Fresh Buy Local Cape Cod with the mission of connecting people and businesses on the Cape with locally grown farm and sea products. Through Buy Fresh Buy Local Cape Cod, resources are created to assist individuals and families in purchasing, cooking, and storing fresh foods. Below are collections of cooking videos, recipes, cookbooks, and other resources to help families and communities better understand Cape Cod’s local food system and access to fresh, local food.
2024 Cape Cod Farmers’ Market Calendar
Click Here to Download Cape Cod 2024 Farmers Market Calendar
Seed to Plate Program: How to Grow, Cook, and Access Local Food
Everyone Eats Community Cookbook
The Ethnic Garden Community Cookbook will introduce you to a variety of new, fresh vegetables and ingredients that are staples in the kitchens of our Portuguese, Haitian and Jamaican neighbors. They have shared these traditional, family recipes you can create at home. Click on the link below to access the digital versions of the cookbooks.
Everyone Eats Community Cookbook in English and Portuguese / Português
Everyone Eats Community Cookbook in English and Haitian Creole / Kreyòl Ayisyen
Cape Cod Local Farms & Food Cookbook
Recipes from Cape Cod’s farmers, fishermen, chefs and artisans. Videos Coming soon!
Building Pathways to a Sustainable Food System on Cape Cod
Interested in expanding your food business and our Cape Cod food system? Check out our virtual workshop series, focused on expanding our local food system. These workshops include individual project spotlight sessions and resources, featuring presentations by community economist, Michael Shuman.
Click here to go to our YouTube channel to watch short cooking videos and get easy recipes.
Buy Fresh Buy Local Cape Cod will be distributing the cooking videos on social media through their Facebook page.
HIP
Find farmers and markets that accept HIP, and other info on programs aimed at affordability and access to locally grown fruits and vegetables.
In previous years, Nutrition Educators have conducted cooking demonstrations at area farmers markets as well food preservation workshops focused on freezing and drying techniques, canning tomatoes, and homemade holiday gift giving ideas with an underlying theme of utilizing locally grown ingredients whenever possible. This project was made possible through grant funding from Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
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