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Do you have a favorite food co-op in your town? Check out these 5 awesome co-ops in Iowa, and find a co-op near you (anywhere in the US) in the Eat Well Guide: http://bit.ly/1YeOZJT

Top 5 Food Co-ops in Iowa - Around Iowa While the modern co-operative movement has been in existence for more than 150 years, its roots go back even further.

Exciting news in LA - in the next 6+ months, all (yes, all!) farmers' markets will accept CalFresh EBT cards! Great news for market shoppers and farmers. Find a farmers' market near you with the Eat Well Guide - http://bit.ly/1XuQ0Nr

Every Farmers Market in L.A. Will Now Accept Food Stamps One of the hurdles in helping low-income families gain access to affordable, healthy food has been cleared. On Friday, L.A. City Council unanimously approved legislation that would require farmers markets across the city to accept CalFresh EBT cards, the modern equivalent of food stamps. Previously…

Are you planning a summer get-away? Have you thought about traveling to a sustainable bed & breakfast? The Eat Well Guide has hundreds listed across the country, check them out! And if you know of a good one that we don't have listed, please share it with us http://www.eatwellguide.org/suggest.

Search results for Bed & Breakfasts across the US! Search over 25,000 hand-picked restaurants, farms, markets and other sources of local, sustainable food.

Now is a great time to get to the farmers' market to see what new vegetables are being harvested and foraged! Find a farmers' market near you with the Eat Well Guide (www.eatwellguide.org)... maybe you will find some fiddleheads?

Real Food Right Now and How to Cook It: Fiddleheads Beautiful fiddleheads are bright green, their tightly coiled heads delicately curled like the scroll of a violin. With a flavor slightly reminiscent of asparagus, but also nutty and pleasantly bitter, fiddleheads are a delicious reminder that the doldrums of winter are finally over.

Is anyone a fan of A Chef's Life? We are! We featured Chef Vivian Howard in Ecocentric Blog talking about her restaurant Chef & the Farmer. By working with a network of small farmers, Vivian designs an ever-changing menu that showcases regional culinary traditions and agricultural bounty. You can find Chef & the Farmer on Eat Well Guide: http://www.eatwellguide.org/listings/68237/

Our Hero: Chef Vivian Howard at Chef and the Farmer "We cultivate strong relationships with local farmers... making it possible to source more than 70 percent of the restaurant's foodstuffs ..."

More of "Our Heroes" from Ecocentric Blog: Chef Lyn Harwell at Seeds Community Cafe in Colorado Springs! "After many years in the food and hospitality industry, Harwell says he was overwhelmed with the amount of need and the number of those who are in hunger insecurity. On the other side of the coin, he was overwhelmed with the amount of food that was wasted in the hospitality industry. Those two thoughts eventually percolated together and Seeds was born." Read on to learn more about their business model - which also incorporates local food... and you can find them in the Eat Well Guide: http://www.eatwellguide.org/listings/69520/

Our Hero: Chef Lyn Harwell at Seeds Community Cafe Meet one of our Eat Well Guide heroes: Chef Lyn Harwell at Seeds Community Cafe; in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Here is another one of our heroes - Trish Watlington, co-owner at The Red Door Restaurant and Wine Bar in sunny San Diego, CA. They harvest produce from their own organic garden! From Trish: "So we made a commitment: if we couldn't grow it ourselves or buy it locally, humanely treated and sustainably harvested, it wasn't hitting the table." Read the interview for more of this interesting story about how The Red Door came to be.

Our Hero: Trish Watlington at The Red Door Meet one of our Eat Well Guide heroes: Trish Watlington at The Red Door Restaurant and Wine Bar in San Diego.

Chef Mark Estee and his restaurant Campo are featured on Ecocentric Blog! "I met Alice Waters about 15 years ago and she asked me where my food came from in Reno and the Lake Tahoe area. I had just finished a long stage at Chez Panisse. I did not know the answers. So I came home and set about finding them. That is how I came to seasonal, sustainable and local principals."

Our Hero: Chef Mark Estee at Campo "We are blessed here in Reno, NV. I know every farmer we use. They come to eat here and we visit them on their farms."

Signing up for a CSA (community supported agriculture) this year? Find one in the Eat Well Guide!

CSA PSA - Why You Should Sign Up Today! Community supported agriculture (CSA) sign-up season is upon us! Learn how to find one and why you should join today.