Eat Local
Eat Local
Locally owned independent restaurants, grocers, farmers markets, and local food nonprofits — connecting our community with the food system that feeds it.
What is Eat Local?
An annual campaign spotlighting locally produced food.
Eat Local celebrates locally produced food through events, menus, and deals — hosted by locally owned independent restaurants, grocers, farmers markets, and local food nonprofits.
Ingredients are considered "local" if sourced within a 100-mile radius across La Plata County and the four surrounding counties. Our goal: create deeper connections between people and their food system, support local farmers, and better our community.
Eat Local, explained
Who
Locally owned independent restaurants, grocers, farmers markets, and local food nonprofits.
What
An annual campaign spotlighting locally produced food through events, menus, and deals.
Where
La Plata County and the four surrounding counties — ingredients count as "local" within 100 miles.
Why
To create deeper connections between people and their food system, and support local farmers.
Get Involved
Meet the farmers, chefs, and neighbors behind La Plata County's local food system.
Visit your local farmers markets and farms: Bayfield Farmers Market (Saturdays 8–12 & Tuesdays 4–7, 1328 CR 501), Durango Farmers Market (Saturdays 8–12, 259 W 9th St.), and Píinu Núuchi Farmers Market (Fridays 11–6, 15150 Hwy 172, Ignacio, through Sept. 27th). Browse SouthwestProducers.org to find local farms and where to buy their products.
Explore our online directory to find Local First member restaurants and eat local — or visit our booth at the Durango Farmers Market to learn more about us and our partnership with Peak Health Alliance.
The Good Food Collective
A first-time-ever collaboration of local nonprofits was chosen to receive $355,843 from the USDA through the Local Food Promotion Program — only 14% of proposals reviewed were funded. The grant launches the Durango Regional Food Recovery Hub, increasing access to locally produced food, developing new markets for farm and ranch operations, and strengthening regional food security for Durango, and La Plata and Montezuma counties.
Taste what local can do.
Support the farmers, chefs, and food nonprofits building a stronger local food system.