About
About the blog
South Jersey Locavore is a round-up of sources for local foods and beverages, events that feature local foods, and restaurants that support local agriculture (plus other miscellaneous things that I think would interest my readers).
I’m a locavore wannabe. I understand that in the South Jersey region getting all of the food for my family from local sources would be possible, but extremely difficult. I’ve accepted the fact that I’ll never be a 100% locavore, but I’d like to get as much as I can from local sources.
I found that one of the problems I had in buying food from local sources is that I didn’t know what all the local sources were. So I set out to find them. And since I’m a writer and a blogger, it was only natural for me to want to start a blog to share what I’m finding.
You can contact me at robin at shreeves dot net if you have leads on sources for local foods that I haven’t covered. And since this blog is just in its infancy, there’s a lot I haven’t covered – yet.
About me
I’m Robin Shreeves, wife, mom to two fabulous boys, and a work at home freelance writer. I’d point you to my writer’s website but it’s painfully out of date. Instead, I’ll just point you to some of my online writing.
Mother Nature Network – I’m the eco-friendly food blogger for Mother Nature Network – an online news site that features all things environmental.
Green Options Network – Green Options is one of the most respected environmental blog networks online. I write occasionally for two of their blogs Sustainablog and Eat.Drink.Better. Here’s my author’s page.
A Little Greener Every Day – My personal blog of my family’s green journey where I write about the things I’ve learned.
Am loving the new look, feel and format. This central Jersey locavore will have to make a trip south to sample all the wonderful goodies you know about. Thanks for a great blog and congrats on your new Wordpress home:-)
Pink – let me know if you’re ever coming down this way to check things out! I know not everything on this list fits the locavore theme of the blog, but I love that there is a whole section devoted to our local produce and seafood. We certainly have a lot of good stuff around here.
Robin – I don’t see an email address for you, but I’d be interested in contributing to the blog. Email if you want to discuss.
And for a great local mom-and-pop kind of butcher shop, you can’t beat Ellis Meats in Mt. Laurel.
Mark,
e-mail me at robin at shreeves dot net with your ideas. Thanks
So pleased to see your site. One can’t grow coffee or tea in NJ, but there are pretty good local substitutes for nearly everything else. May be able to help you track some things down, since we have an organic farm in Salem county and know quite a few farmers in the area. Would love to be listed, if you’re open to that–we raise grassfed beef and lamb and a few other things.
All the best–
Torrey Reade
Hi Lisa,
Loving the blog! Great topics. Keeps busy people who want to support local economy and do good things for the environment and themselves informed, when they might otherwise not have time to do the research on their own.
I noticed you have posted a number topics about local wines. Have you thought about adding a LOCAL WINERIES category? N.J. wineries have a lot going on year round. Most wineries started out as farms, so many also offer local produce and home-made items.
November is New Jersey Wine month. To kick it off at Hawk Haven Vineyard in Cape May County, we’re hosting a new event in support of our EAT LOCAL, DRINK LOCAL campaign. Every Friday night starting November 6th, we will have a local restaurant present a three-course tapas style dinner paired with Hawk Haven wines and live local jazz music. A local trinity: food, wine and jazz! (You blogged about our event a few days ago, thanks!)
Most wineries throughout N.J. will be participating in The Holiday Wine Trail Weekend, November 27-29. A great weekend to introduce yourself to our state’s 30+ wine-makers! http://www.newjerseywines.com/news.html.