Local Foods Plymouth is a virtual marketplace where you can purchase food products grown locally in the Plymouth, NH area. Orders may be placed from Monday afternoons through midnight on Tuesdays; all orders must be picked up on the Thursday following your order from 4-6 pm. We request that all buyers take a moment to read through the information listed at left – Picking Up Your Food and Conditions of Use. Thanks to the overwhelming support of and demand for local products by you, the buyers, through the fall, Local Foods Plymouth will continue through the winter! Local farms will continue to provide, when available, meats, milk, cheese, eggs, baked goods, condiments, and some produce. Check out the site from week to week to see what is available. As during the summer, the site will be live for buying from Monday afternoon through midnight on Tuesday, and purchases will be picked up on Thursday afternoon. There are three main differences to keep in mind, however: - The program will run every other week (see below for the remainder of the spring schedule),
- Thursday pick up time will be from 4-6 PM, and
- Thursday pick up will be at the UPS Store, centrally located on the common in downtown Plymouth. Many continued thanks are due to Mark Younger for generously allowing LFP to use the front of the store.
Local Foods Plymouth Spring Schedule 2008 Buying | Pick Up | April 14-15 | April 17 | April 28-29 | May 1 | May 12-13 | May 15 | May 19-20 | May 22* | | * May 22 orders will be picked up from 3-6 at the Plymouth Farmers' Market! | | June 3 | June 5 | | June 16-17 | June 19* | | June 23-24 | June 26 | | * June 19th marks the beginning of the 2008 Plymouth Farmers' Market; be sure to attend--and pick up your LFP order at the Market! |
Having problems using the website, or interested in receiving emails reminding you when the site is live for buying? Please contact us at lfp@together.net. Finally, we encourage you to get to know the hardworking farmers who produce your food. Be sure to read the farmer bios on the website, and click here to view an interactive map of participating farmers. Thank you for supporting local agriculture! Attention Farmers! If you would like to sell your New Hampshire grown products on Local Foods Plymouth, click here for the Farmer/Grower Info Sheet and here for the Farmer/Grower Application.
History of Local Foods Plymouth Local Foods Plymouth came about when members of the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative (PAREI) began talking about ways to increase local food buying in order to decrease their household’s overall energy use. Many had just recently learned that the average piece of food on one’s dinner plate traveled 1500 miles! The staff at D Acres Organic Farm suggested a format for making it easier for people to buy local foods – an on-line ordering and purchasing website. The two organizations, along with a few volunteers, worked together to turn this idea into a reality.  
Funding in 2007 provided by the Byrne Foundation, the Lavoie Foundation, the Marion Cohen Trust, the New England Grassroots Environment Fund, the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food and USDA Rural Development. 
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