For many of us, the concept of growing and/or cooking food ourselves is not always an option. However, you can still eat food produced with local ingredients. Increasingly, restaurants are creating menu items using organic ingredients purchased from local farmers.

For more information about local restaurants and dining out, please visit the following websites.

Eat Well Guide
Searchable guide which shows the grocery stores, farms, restaurants, bed and breakfasts, and other businesses that offer organic, local produce.

Ecovian: Green and Organic Restaurants
List of restaurants in the Bay Area and throughout the nation that use organic, local, and/or sustainable food and that are rated for their "greeness."

Green Your: Dining - 7 Ways to Green Your Dining Out
Tips for greening your dining out.