The Hundred-Mile Diet

Alisa Smith and James B. MacKinnon are concerned about the environment and our food distribution systems. Troubled by the amount of fossil fuels being used to transport foods around the planet, the pair decided to try to survive for a year on only foods that were locally grown and produced. They defined local as a radius of 100 hundred miles from their home. Their adventures in finding local sources for their food needs is being told in a series of articles in the Tyee.

In the latest instalment, the duo travels to the sparsely populated northern region of the province for a vacation. Contrary to their expectation of having only wild berries to eat for a month, they found that area markets had an abundance of local produce and that fish and other wild foods were available to add to the pantry.

Link: The Hundred-Mile Diet Goes North from the Tyee. Links to the previous articles in the series follow the article.

Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 10:43 AM on September 19, 2005

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