Thousands of Americans, including eight governors, have signed on to Food Independence Day, pledging to feature local, sustainable foods in their July 4th holiday meals.

The governor of Maine and his family will be eating lobster, potato salad, and blueberry pie, according to an AP story reposted at civileats.com.  In South Dakota the menu includes pheasant jerky; in Maryland, crab cakes.

Food Independence Day is the idea of Roger Doiron of Kitchen Gardeners International, a nonprofit that promotes food self-reliance through kitchen gardens and sustainable food systems.  Earlier this year Doiron initiated the successful campaign for a vegetable garden on the White House lawn.