Find a locally-owned bakery. Make a point of giving them your business, even if the loaves cost slightly more. It will taste better and be healthier for you.

Find local farmers who sell hamper subscriptions; baskets of fresh produce. Some even have greenhouses to keep producing through the winter seasons. If you have a service they value in exchange, barter with them.

My wife’s a teacher and one family has given us amazing bundles of carrots, greens, eggs, all through the winter in partial payment for teaching their kids. It’s a wonderful thing.

The day local food producers throw in the towel is the day we all lose, so make sure they never go away!