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Roving Locavore
The Roving Locavore is guided by one formidable mission....the need to know everything possible about food in Waterloo Region. With her bright, colourful clothing and large, curious eyes, the Roving Locavore is your dynamic portal into what’s new and exciting on our farms and in our cities. Join her as she discovers just how much local food is grown here and where to go to find it. With the Roving Locavore, you need never roam alone in your quest to Eat Local, Eat Fresh!
I Eat Local, I Eat Fresh: Herbs & Veggie SeedlingsJune 14, 2011 by 
Yours truly was looking for some tasty vegetable seedlings to plant in the garden and some herbs to jazz up dinner so we stopped by the Colour Paradise Greenhouse on Bleams Road. What a rainbow of colours – so many edible plants!
As... |
Local Food Found Easily in Waterloo: Map Launch May 28May 25, 2011 by  Your local food enthusiast - Roving Locovore - is keen to show you the way to source local food…all you need is the new map – fresh and hot off the press!
Looking for those tender greens, spinach, rhubarb, onions and... |
I Eat Local I Eat Fresh: at Winroe Gardens!January 18, 2011 by  When the Roving Locavore is pressed for time and simply cannot produce a delicious pie out of her own oven, she heads to a bakery where they make pie the good old-fashioned way from scratch.... just like her. At Winroe Gardens in... |
I Eat Local I Eat Fresh: Apples!September 30, 2010 by  The cooler, crisper mornings have turned the Roving Locavore’s thoughts to warm and hearty comfort foods – thick vegetable soups, towering lasagnas, roasted squash! Just this morning, The Husband expressed a pining for pie...not any... |
I Eat Local I Eat Fresh: At the Farmers' Markets!August 27, 2010 by  Diamonds, rubies, emeralds...all very nice baubles to be sure. But if you want to impress the Roving Locavore with exquisite luminous colours, take her to a pantry full of preserved summer produce. As the light reflects off shining glass to... |
I Eat Local I Eat Fresh: Corn on the Cob!July 30, 2010 by  Your very own Roving Locavore was thinking the other day that, while it is possible to find almost any fresh fruit and vegetable year-round in the modern supermarket, there is one kind of vegetable that has a limited shelf life and can only be... |
