Local Burger named one of Bon Appétit magazine's Top Ten Eco-Friendly Restaurants

"Fast food meets slow food at Local Burger, which offers buffalo, elk, pork, and veggie burgers, in addition to those made with grass-fed beef." Read the Full Article

"Lawrence resident changes eating habits"

Daniel Fisher, reformed fast food junkie, proved that he didn’t have to eat less to lose weight and improve his health. Fisher, 29-year-old Lawrence resident, participated in Local Burger’s documentary study, "Localize Me." Read the Full Article | Read the Results

Hilary Brown Named #48 in Outside Magazine's Big Ideas and Visionary Giants

"For too many Americans, the local-foods movement means eating at the closest McDonald's. Hilary Brown, 38, a chef with an environmental bent, split the difference with Local Burger. Her fast food restaurant in Lawrence, Kansas sells about 200 burgers a dat made with grass-fed beef and organic in-season vegetables sourced from nearby farms." Read the Full Article

Local Burger Goes Gourmet

Local [Burger] Goes National in Gourmet magazine's 2007 Restaurant Guide of best farm-to-table restaurants. Review the Full Guide

Local Burger Reaps What it Sows in MyMIDWEST Magazine

"A Kansas college town revels in the latest food revolution - eating locally." Read the Full Article | Read the Magazine

Local Burger Showcased on Sundance Channel

Local Burger goes national – on TV, that is! Local Burger made its national television debut on May 15, 2007 on The Sundance Channel! The "EAT" episode of "Big Ideas for a Small Planet" features Lawrence's own Local Burger and Homespun Hill Farm. The show is part of Sundance Channel's new original primetime series, The Green, which is hosted by award-winning environmental journalist and recent Lawrence addition, Simran Sethi. Download a copy of the show from iTunes. (You must have iTunes installed and running first. Don't have iTunes? Download it here.)

Local Burger Hosts Screening and Presents "Miles Awards"

Local Burger hosted a fabulous affair Monday, May 14, 2007 at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas, where it screened The Sundance Channel's "Big Ideas for a Small Planet" and "Localize Me" for the public for a $5 donation. Local Burger also honored its farmers, ranchers, and suppliers with the first annual Miles Awards. Proceeds of the well-attended event went to the Joe Welsh Foundation.

"Local Burger, Global Impact"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Lawrence, get ready to see your green side. Film crews from the Sundance Channel arrived Tuesday night to begin two days of filming the folks and the food at Lawrence’s Local Burger, 714 Vt., for a new series of earth-conscious programming to debut in April." Read the Full Article

"No Place Like Home(grown)"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Hilary Brown used to love croissants. But four years ago, she was diagnosed with an allergy to gluten, a mix of plant proteins found in wheat. She also learned she was allergic to dairy foods." Read the Full Article

"Burger Time, Sundance Channel serves up Local Burger to national audience"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Internationally renowned environmental journalist Simran Sethi was debating whether to move to Lawrence. After stints anchoring the news for MTV Asia and MTV India, Sethi was back living in New York, where she was developing a show with the Sundance Channel. Yet her boyfriend was heading to Kansas University to pursue his graduate degree." Read the Full Article

"Fresh-food dieter eats his way to health"

Article featured in the Lawrence Journal World

"Thirty days of fresh food can do a body good. At least, that’s what worked for 29-year-old Daniel Fisher. On Jan. 25, the self-proclaimed fast-food junkie quit his habit, replacing chain restaurants with Lawrence’s Local Burger. The downtown restaurant specializes in locally grown, organic meats and produce." Read the Full Article | Read the Results

Local Burger and The Future of Food

A must see movie, Local Burger is proud to sponsor Lily Films' The Future of Food, a Films For Action presentation, at Liberty Hall on Monday, June 4, 2007, $2 at the door.

Local Burger in the May issue of Body + Soul

Thank you Body + Soul magazine (from the publishers of Martha Stewart Living) for mentioning Local Burger as a Sustainable Eatery on page 24 of your May 2007 issue!

"Local Farmers & Restaurants Team Up for Good Food"

"A smiling face is half the meal, according to an old Latvian proverb, but locally grown food is gaining ground. At the Local Burger restaurant in Lawrence, Kansas, local farmers names are listed on the menu, identifying who raised the beef, pork, turkey, elk and other meat items served at the restaurant. At Rudy s Tacos in Waterloo, Iowa, a large color poster featuring the restaurant s local growers is displayed for customers to see as they wait line to order." Read the Full Article | Subscribe to the Farmers' Market Today

Go Organic! Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Sustainable Table is traveling across the country with "The Eat Well Guided Tour of America." While visiting Lawrence, the group will team with Local Burger and Films for Action to present Rural Route Films' "Go Organic!" film series, a collection of short documentary films highlighting positive sustainable and organic practices that are growing in momentum in communities all across the country. The event starts at 7 p.m., Aug. 23, at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., Lawrence. Learn More

Local Burger Featured in Kansas Alumni Magazine

KU alum Hilary Brown and Local Burger rate a "Rock Chalk Review" in the KU Alumni Magazine. Read the Full Article

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