About LocaVore
Connecting Our Community Through Food & Values
Join our growing Facebook community of chefs, educators, restaurant owners, growers & farmers, and small business owners. We’re impacting the community one person at a time, and bringing folks together with food. Become part of the forward-thinking, sustainable LocaVore Movement and make sure to bring all your friends.
Our Community
Creating an Equitable and Sustainable Local Food System
At LocaVore, our passion lies in forging an equitable and sustainable local food system. Through community dinners, educational food demonstrations, and engaging local events, we emphasize building connections while addressing food waste and creating deliciousness with ingredients that are indigenous to the area.
Join us in championing positive change, fostering relationships, and promoting a sustainable food system in the Inland Northwest. Let’s keep supporting everyone, from the farmer to the consumer & everyone in between, and keep our local dollars here in our region!
The LocaVore Chef
Meet Chef Cynthia Monroe, also known as Chef C, The LocaVore Chef.
Chef C is an ACF Certified Executive Chef and has been in the kitchen since 2013. She had a hard time finding indigenous, locally grown ingredients and thought there should be an easier way to get all the information in one place. Thus, LocaVore was born!
Why WE Do it
Making Food Accessible
We believe everyone should have access to fresh, locally grown, indigenous ingredients. The Inland Northwest is rich in native food that is unreachable in grocery stores. We want to ensure that everyone has the resources to eat the way we were meant to, while fostering community relations and lowering the impact of our economic and ecological footprint.
Economic Impact
Being a LocaVore helps strengthen the local economy by connecting neighbors with local businesses, fostering the exchange of local dollars and products creating community wealth. vitality, and resilience.
Sustainable Practices
Our goal is to educate the community in sustaining a prosperous local food system and using low-waste practices while preparing food. Flavor can take center stage while minimizing our ecological footprint.
Rooted in the Community
Chef C has been cooking up Spokane since 2013. From personal chef of the Gonzaga Basketball teams, educating our future chefs at NEWTech Skills Center, to Certified Executive Chef at Spiceology, Chef C is the ultimate LocaVore.
Mission & Vision
Our Mission
To bridge the gap between local dirt and the dinner plate by acting as the culinary voice for our local food system. Through live cooking demonstrations, accessible seasonal recipes, and a digital resource hub, I empower neighbors to maximize the harvests of community gardens and support the growers of farmers markets—turning fresh, regenerative ingredients into shared community meals
Our Vision
A future where every neighborhood eats from the soil beneath their feet, where community gardens and farmers markets are the primary source of daily nutrition, and where everyone feels confident in the kitchen. We see a world where the chef is a community guide, turning fresh, local, and regenerative harvests into a universal language of health, connection, and joy
Join Our Community Facebook Group!
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