Twelve days till Christmas! While not too many folks celebrate a week and a half of gift-giving these days, the "first day of Christmas" is a good reminder that if you don't want to Fedex your twelve lords aleaping, you better get shopping. Today. Post-haste.

But before you speed off, remember, holidays like Kwanzaa and Solstice are a great time for building the real food system that we all dream about and spreading a message through gifting of sustainability, organics, peace on earth, and goodwill toward small farmers.

If you're a Jewish Food Fighter, Hannukah already has you surrounded, of course, so, shin, shin throw one in, babies. But among the gift suggestions below are a few that could be emailed right now, so take a look.

DINNER WITH JENNETTE

If you like the recipes you've been reading here on Fair Food Fight, then consider giving tons and tons of them as a present.

Jennette Turner, who writes our Fair Food Fight recipes, runs an astonishing meal-planning service called Dinner with Jennette, and it's a steal of a deal. For $85, you get 12 complete meal plans (that is, recipes for entrees, salads, and side dishes) each and every month for a year, plus a sheaf of notes on local eating, nutrition, shopping, and food news. It's a terrific value, and a great way for new locavores and beginning cooks to get started. Plus, every meal can be prepared in 45 minutes or less, with most under 30 minutes. Easy and nutritious and non-intimidating.

Also, all Dinner with Jennette meal plans are suitable for gluten-free diets. For those on vegetarian or casein-free diets, Jennette includes pages that describe meat and dairy replacement options for each meal plan.

Dinner with Jennette subscriptions are sent straight to your loved ones inbox, so no wrapping or boxing. Gift subscriptions are available, too.

(Check out a sample Dinner with Jennette meal plan.)

SIMPLE GOOD & TASTY LOCAL FOOD LOVER CARD

For giftees in the Twin Cities, this is a great present. For just $30, your beloved Twin Citizen gets a Simple Good & Tasy card that entitles them to special deals from local restaurants, stores, and food vendors -- a free glass of wine here, a free entree there. It's like buying someone dinner at great locavore spots, all year long. (The deal on Pumphouse Creamery Ice Cream alone convinced me to put down my thirty rocks.)

GIFT CETIFICATE FOR FAIRLY TRADED FOODS

Food from small farmers means closer attention to quality, in my book, since reputation is vital to an independnent grower, and so few people stand between the farmer and her customers. Consequently, that translates into absolutely luscious coffee beans, teas, and chocolates.

You can order any number of gifts through Equal Exchange's retail store, or email a gift certificate to friends and loved ones.

Last year, I gave the Dark Chocolate and Green Tea Sampler Set to the Glorious Father-in-Law of El Dragón, to great effect.

SINGLE-SOURCE HONEY

Brian Fredericksen of Ames Farm in Southern Minnesota is a smart fellow who produces incredible honey that makes a terrific gift, one that you can feel great about giving even if you aren't local to Minnesota. Because industrial honey is a problem, and small farmer honey is the best solution.

Blow your friends away with a gift set of five and make sure that your giftees know that they can track their honey back to the land on which it was gathered on the Ames Farm website.

MORE GIFT IDEAS

* Eichten Hidden Acres Gourmt Gifts

 * Top Ten Eco-Friendly, Sustainable, Reclaimed, Organic Gift Ideas

* Biodynamic-certified Satsuma Mandarins

* Worms! (for the garden)

* High Mowing Organic Seeds, Gift Certificate

* Make a donation to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in the name of Fair Food