Spokane Area Locavore Gift Giving List

The folks at Liberty Lake Farmers’ Market and Slow Food Spokane River have put together a list of gift ideas for the foodies in your life that are into local food. Here’s the list and thanks for including the Year of Plenty Book .

Thank You Mail Man! This Season Brings Cards & Gifts and Seed Catalogs for the Farmers
A CSA Subscription makes a great gift and helps ensure that the farm will get up and running in the spring

• Rocky Ridge Ranch and Green Wave Gardens offer shares, with pick-ups at local farmers’ markets.
• Local Harvest has even more information on local CSA Subscriptions.
• Purchase a friend a garden of fresh produce for the 2011 season! My Square Garden offers to grow what you want at their place - you pick the crops from their list, and harvest or have them do that for you too.

Wrap It in Recycled Paper and They’ll Never Guess What’s Inside

• Local Honey - Miller’s , Tate’s , Ormond Valley & Selkirk are a few good choices.
• Windowsill herb garden at Sun People Dry Goods
  
• Ecowell bottle and drink card
  
• Canning pot & book
  
• A container of local Brain Freeze Ice Cream (make sure they open it first)
• Authentic Italian food for the freezer from Trezzi Farm
  
• A box of truffles or some jam from Petunias Marketplace
  

Imagine Curling Up by the Fire with a Good Book
Give the gift of knowledge.

• Chefs on the Farm
  
• Pre-order Craig Goodwin’s book Year of Plenty
  
• American Terroir , by Rowan Jacobsen (he’s coming to Spokane this Spring)
• Wild Thyme in the Kitchen by local author, Moria Felber – at Kizuri
  
• Fishes & Dishes Cookbook , available at Kizuri
  

Let Them Pick It Out…Make It A Gift Card
Gift cards to the following places help support local farms and businesses.

• Main Market Co-op
  
• Santé Restaurant & Charcuterie
  
• Latah Bistro
  
• Wild Sage
  
• Rocket Market
  
• Fresh Abundance
  
• They might also enjoy a Cooking Class at The Kitchen Engine
  

Hostess Gifts with a Little Zip

• Local Wine… lots of options here
  
• Washington Wheat Whiskey, Gin, or Vodka from Dry Fly Distilling
  
• A “Growler” of Seasonal Northern Lights Brew
  

Gifts that Keep on Giving

• Donation to Backyard Harvest  to make your spring a little greener
  
• Donation to Riverfront Farms program
• Donation to Big Table
  
• Membership to Slow Food Spokane River
  
• Donation to Save Our Wild Salmon to preserve Salmon Nation
• Donation to New Leaf Bakery Training Program

If You’re Going Homemade

• Try to incorporate local ingredients into your family’s secret recipes when you can
• Several frozen crusts, made with Shepherd’s Grain Flour, so your pals can easily throw together a pie or quiche when they want (maybe they’ll share it with you!)
  It’s sold in stores as Stone Buhr Washington White All Purpose Flour . Ready-frozen pie/quiche crusts, made with Shepherd’s Grain Flour (Who wouldn’t love this???)

And FOR SANTA!

• Spokane’s Family Farm Milk
  
• Taste Café Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!