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Take the Local, Organic Thanksgiving Challenge

Join chefs Alice Waters, Dan Barber and Mario Batali in cooking and sharing green recipes for Thanksgiving

Collin Dunn

By Collin Dunn
Corvallis, OR, USA | Wed Nov 19 12:00:00 EST 2008

The Thanksgiving holiday is just about here, and many of us have made plans to travel over the river and through the woods to see friends, family, and loved ones. But just because you are putting a few (hundred? thousand?) miles on the odometer doesn't mean your food should, as well. Thankfully, chefs Alice Waters, Dan Barber, and Mario Batali are here to help.

They've teamed up with Consumers Union and the Eat Well Guide to create the Thanksgiving Local and Organic Food Challenge. The Challenge aims to inspire Americans to learn more about the benefits of local, sustainable, and organic food production by finding and cooking with local ingredients for at least one dish they will prepare as part of their holiday meal.

To help get your brain storming, they're collecting recipes from other green foodies online, for your browsing pleasure; if you've already got a favorite recipe on your menu, you can submit it for others to draw inspiration from.

The three chefs are helping lead the way by each providing a holiday stand-by. Alice Waters, most well-known for founding Bay Area restaurant Chez Panisse and jump-starting the local, organic food movement in America, has contributed a recipe from The Art of Simple Food for Chard Gratin. Dan Barber, chef of the outstanding Blue Hill and Stone Barns at Blue Hill, and farm-to-table advocate and writer, contributed his recipe for Sauteed Brussel Sprouts with Lemon and Pistacio. Last (but not least), Mario Batali, the chef/owner of many restaurants in New York City, including Babbo, Lupa, Esca, Casa Mono, and many more, adds his Marinated Butternut Squash to the mix.

So read up on how to have a green Thanksgiving, figure out where to buy a turkey, check out Emeril's recipes for a local Thanksgiving and hit the rest of Planet Green's Thanksgiving tips, and then click over to the Thanksgiving Local and Organic Food Challenge to share your inspiration—and be inspired!—by eating local, organic food this holiday.

More Thanksgiving-related reading in Planet Green and TreeHugger:
How to Go Green: Thanksgiving Day
Buy Green: Thanksgiving Turkey
Emeril Episode: A Local Thanksgiving
How to Cook a Sustainable Thanksgiving Dinner
On Moving Toward Vegetarianism: Thanksgiving

 
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