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You can now find localfood. The LocalFoodCSapp will tell you who is growing or producing local food, whereyoucan buy it and which eateries (and drinkeries) are sourcinglocalin Colorado Springs and throughout the Pikes Peak Region.

Our goal is to pull together producer and consumers torelocalizeour food system. On the producer end this includesfarmers,ranchers, commercial food producers but it also includesyou andyour neighbor who may have eggs, honey, backyard produce,goat milk,bread or some other homemade, or homegrown food to sell.On theconsumer end, this includes anyone who is looking to source,eat orbuy local, sustainable and ethical food. This could bearestauranteur looking for local tomatoes, a baker in search ofthefreshest most local ingredients or it might be you, trying tofinda dozen eggs from your neighbor’s laying hens.

The one complaint that we kept hearing was “Where can Ifindlocal food?” Remember that our small-scale local food growersandproducers do not have the capacity or the capital toproperlymarket their products in this industrialized food market.TheLocalFood app is their new marketing tool. If local is importanttoa restauranteur, shouldn’t the locally minded eater know? Ifarancher’s meat is the result of pasture-raised animals,shouldn’tthe rancher be able to get the word out? Yes, they should.And nowthey can with the Official LocalFood App.

In addition to this being a “local food in your hand”platform,we have also created a “localness, organicness andpastureness”rating. You will find that 99% of the suppliers(growers &producers of local food) are located within 67 milesof the centerof Colorado Springs. However, many food producer whoaregeographically very local may source only some of theiringredientslocally. Some stores may have exclusively organicproducts but notall sourced locally. Meat suppliers may becompletely organic butpasture only part of the time. The L.O.P.will allow the consumerto see how local, how organic and howimpor