"You just can't eat locally in Central Oregon". I hear this time and time again when the question of local food comes up. Granted, it's not easy as we are blessed with a 90 day growing season and nights that can freeze the sparkler right out of your hand on the 4th of July. But I know people lived here before grocery stores started shipping in cantaloupes from Mexico and milk from Wisconsin. With  a lot of effort and a few modern-day exemptions I am going to try to make 2009 a 90% local year. Here's hoping all my fall 2008 preparations will get us through the winter and spring.....