We're launching a new series of blog posts to help our green singles plan an ideal green date. We're starting off with some date ideas for our organic food lovers that helps you celebrate the scrumptious beauty of natural, homegrown and home-loved foods.

Stroll through an outdoor farmer's market
Farmer's markets are a goldmine for organic food lovers. Not only do you have access to the juiciest, freshest and tastiest organic foods available anywhere, but you're directly supporting local businesses and reducing transportation resources to get the food to table.

Farmer's markets already exist in almost all eco-friendly cities and regions, so unless you're an EcoDater in rural Texas, you should have access to a farmer's market nearby. Local Harvest is a fantastic resource to help you find your nearby farmer's markets. Just take a look at the map on the homepage - infested with farmer's market locations all over the US.

Outdoor picnics
Once you've picked out your produce from the farmer's market or nearby organic food store, it's time to pack it up and find a scenic spot to enjoy consuming it. Outdoor picnics are great for eco friendly singles because they're free and don't depend on the resources expended at a restaurant, and immerse you in a beautiful natural environment that just seems to make food taste better.

Don't forget to bring a blanket, containers to ward off insects, and reusable plates, utensils and cups (not glass though). When you're finished, recycle all your waste - many parks have recycle containers available for just this purpose. Our favorite organic picnic foods include baguette and brie, mozarella and tomato, sliced peaches and nectarines, and a nice organic wine to wash it all down with.

Dinner at an organic restaurant
Organic dining has definitely attained gourmet status in some of the finest restaurants in the country. With top chefs turning their skills and attention to organic food preparation, many organic meals at good restaurants can go against (and often beat) traditionally prepared meals in similar non-organic restaurants.

These days, you can find a decent organic or vegetarian eatery in just about any major population center in the developed world. We recently posted a list of some of the best organic and vegetarian restaurants in the US, so if you happen to live in one of the cities listed, you'll do well to check out one of the eateries mentioned.

Start or tend to an organic garden
Certainly this is a long-term endeavor, but tending to an organic garden at any stage is a great way to connect both with your green date as well as with the earth itself. There are also many community organic gardens that accept volunteers to help with planting, watering, fertilizing and other necessary garden chores.

Starting your own organic garden can be as simple and easy or complex and intensive as you want to make it. In the context of a green date, start with simply buying some tomato seeds (an easy plant to get going), and together you can get the pots ready, mix in some soil and fertilizer, plant the seeds and water. Make the plants symbolic of your budding green relationship and watch them both grow naturally and organically.

Organic coffee break
If you're pressed for time or don't want to commit to a full-scale outing, an organic coffee break could be your answer. You can prepare a thermos of organic coffee at home in the morning, agree to meet your green organic date at a convenient time and then pop out of the office or step away from your errands to meet up and enjoy a nice cup of organic coffee together.

Sustainable and organic coffee is an excellent way to express your eco friendly side - buying coffee from sustainable, eco friendly operations is also not buying coffee from all the other players who care only about the bottom line. Coffee beans are harvested and processed in some of the poorest and most depressed parts of the world, so buying organic, sustainable coffee really helps the people who need it the most.

Candlelit organic home-cooked meal
Find an organic recipe online and pick up the needed ingredients from your local farmer's market or organic food store. Salads are a great way to start off a meal using fresh organic ingredients. We love homemade pizzas mostly because of the huge variety of ingredients you can use - you can even make each side with different ingredients for you and your green date.

Meal preparation is as much an opportunity to connect with your date as eating it afterwards is, so consider inviting your date over before you start preparing the meal. Recognizing the effort that goes into a delicious meal always makes it taste a bit better, and who knows, you might find out that your date is a talented organic chef!