We are one month out from the 2019 Eat Local Challenge and are so excited!
You may have noticed our new look; we are thrilled with our new logo and hope it captures the spirit of the challenge and it's goal- to support all things local food! The website has been freshened up and will be fully ready to go this week with events and more- check it out if you have a minute.
This year is shaping up to be a great one with so many events filling the calendar including a few crowd favorites. Mark your calendar for these and get ready for so many more!
May 30- KICK OFF PARTY! Location to be announced very soon.
June 8- Urban Garden Bike Tour June 15- Shop with Simone's Market June 19- Garden to Glass cocktail competition
...and more added each day.
Registration is Free again this year! But you must sign up to get discounts at all events!
The Challenge remains free this year, but your donations allow us to grow and make June as successful as possible. Please consider a donation of any size.
Got a great local recipe? Share it with us for inclusion in our newsletter, facebook page, or on the website!
Event Planning Help Sought
The Eat Local Challenge is looking for some extra hands and minds to help with event planning, and organizing. Please email Elisa Munoz if you are available at elisa@nolafoodpolicy.org.
Tip of the day: Make simple changes to your everyday to support locally. Simply buying local milk and usinglocal sugarin your morning coffee makes a difference!
The New Orleans Eat Local Challenge is a project of the New Orleans Food Policy Advisory Committee. Learn more about FPAC here.
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Our annual Beauty with Benefits campaign truly fuels CAC all year long, helping to keep all our programs free-of-charge. This year's was the biggest yet! Click here to learn more and see how it will positively impact the hundreds of thousands of patients, survivors, caregivers and healthcare professionals that turn to us for support throughout the year.
Want to get in on the action? There is still time to shop on QVC and HSN!
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Made possible in part by a grant from Genentech.
We're offering travel scholarships to attend our West Coast Conference on Work & Cancer, taking place in Los Angeles on October 26th! Applications will be accepted through August 25th. This FREE event will explore the issues faced by working people who are trying to balance their cancer treatment & recovery with employment. Register now or apply for a travel scholarship!
We offer a free library of publications in English and Spanish that provide guidance and information on a wide range of practical and legal issues related to balancing work and cancer. All publications can be ordered and shipped for free or downloaded as PDFs.
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