Local Beer: Desert Edge

Local Beers, Grown Locally

I'm a big fan of supporting local small businesses. I try to spend my money with our local entrepreneurs rather than national chains as often as I can. If your like-minded, consider heading over to the Desert Edge Brewery this October, where Brew master Chris Haas has put together a special beer made from all local ingredients. Radius, will be made with ingredients grown within 150 miles of the Wasatch Front(yeast too???). Chris says he found the malt just over the state line in Idaho and personally picked the hops locally. I'm not sure of what style he's planning on brewing yet, but I'm sure it'll be unique. Radius will be available on draft beginning in mid-October at the brew pub in Salt Lake City. 602 E. 500 South. Cheers!

From: http://utahbeer.blogspot.com/2008/09/local-beers-grown-locally.html

New Scientist Article on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

I found an interesting article about the impacts of your food choices, such as eating meat, eating local, and eating organic on emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. I would somewhat discount the bad review meat gets because the gases animals give off from ruminating are different (in terms of the global carbon cycle) than those given off from fossil fuel use (although its true that transportation of feed is a significant amount of the emissions).

NEWS FLASH- Roasted Chili Peppers!

Hi all! one of the local challengers Kay just called today to tell us about roasted local chili peppers being sold by the bushel at the Harmons on 3500 S and 4000 W! Many of you probably have a source for peppers, but roasting them can be a lot of work, so this is your chance to get a lot of them for sauces, soups and what not. The sale runs through Labor Day. Also, please keep tuning in and sharing information in the 2007 section. Hopefully our manager can fix the blog gliches soon. Thanks and eat well!

Challenge 2008- NEWS UPDATE

Hi all! Eat Local Challenge 2008 has begun! This year Wasatch Community Gardens and Slow Food Utah will once again be participating and Tree Utah and The People's Market will host events also. These organizations will be posting news on their websites and stay tuned as this blog will report on events, resources, recipes, etc. from you and fellow challengers. Currently we are having technical difficulties on the resource pages (they look like the front page) but scroll down to 2007 and submit any helpful comments on the corresponding resource pages there. The best part about this experiences is all the information we can learn from one another!
Below are the events happening for the Challenge, it is a great way to meet people, get healthy and become aware of all the great foods our area has to offer! We look forward to seeing you at some of these events! Sincerely, Andrea and Mike Heidinger

· Monday, August 11th, 5:30 PM - Pasta & Sauce Making Party - Join us at our home to prepare some ready-made local pasta and sauce for your busier days during the challenge. Please RSVP so we know how many to plan for, and we can tell you what to bring and how to get here! –Home of Mike and Andrea Heidinger RSVP: andrea@greenbuildingcenter.net

· Saturday, August 16th from 6-9 pm - Eat Local Kickoff Event - local produce and foods that can be found at the People’s Market; a locally grown food-swap will be an exciting focus of the gathering; information on sourcing edible amenities; meet your fellow Localvores! – Home of Kyle LaMalfa, 150 South 800 West

· August 22, from 7:45-10:30 pm The Wasatch Community Gardens’ Eat Local Movie Night Enjoy a summer night with good company, homemade food, and a great movie under the stars. Bring a blanket or chair and a local-ingredient dish with the recipe to share. - Tomato Garden, 600 S 800 E

· August 23, 6 PM - Urban Harvest Celebration at TreeUtah’s EcoGardenHarvest Celebrations are a time to honor, celebrate, and share in the bounty of local agriculture, to encourage people to reconnect to the land and the seasons, and to understand the benefits of having local gardens and eating locally grown food. Please join us for food, music, and lots of fun as we share in the harvest of our food forest garden. EcoGarden at Day-Riverside Library1575 West 1000 North Please RVSP by calling TreeUtah at 801-364-2122.