| babice
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No. This is not a "diet". From the title, I thought it might have something to do with walking 100 miles in a certain amount of time or something. But, it's actually kind of about the "organic food" thing but, also, about buying from within a 100-mile radius of your home. I have never considered this concept. I came across the concept accidentally while I was searching for other stuff. Here's some links if you're interested in reading about this:
http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2005/08/04/the_100_mile_diet.php
http://www.canada.com/topics/lifestyle/fitness/story.html?id=ee92bf34-0941-4fbf-9176-58d596dc8c0e&k=70586 |
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Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:33 pm |
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| RareFlower
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Hey, Babs. I could have written that myself. I thought a lot more people lived like that. My entire extended family has lived "within 100 miles", more like "within 50 miles" as far back as I can remember. I continued on the family tradition by growing as much of my own food as possible, and canning and freezing enough 'til the next growing season. What I couldn't grow I got from local farmers, and got my milk and eggs from them too. I live within 60 miles of the sea, so can get relatively fresh fish. I eat chicken, and get that from a local farmer, too. I used to make my own bread and yogurt, but I'm crippled now, so I can't.
I have a brother in law who hunts deer, so we get a lot of venison. I still grow my own herbs in containers on the patio. Whatever else I can't get, I get from a health-type-food store, like Trader Joes or Whole Foods.
I must say, I do feel badly for people who buy their meat, especially red meat, from a grocery store. Do you want to know why that red meat is so red? They gas it with carbon monoxide. I just read about this in the newspaper within the past week. It's not illegal, but concerned people are pushing the USDA to have it labled as such. Such a shame.
Good topic, Babice.
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Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:48 am |
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| babice
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| Wow, Rose. That's pretty cool. I've honestly never heard of this topic and I feel rather naive. I know I loved it when I went to Italy and visited a friend and stayed with her family and they only ate the stuff that they grew or raised right there in the community....the family all had either a winery or a farm or livestock....they'd have these huge family meals. Come to think of it, they probably did have some stuff that they didn't get from within their community (espresso for example) but I don't think it was much. |
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Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:35 pm |
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| PismoKaren
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| I love this concept! I live in an area that has year-round Farmer's Markets and I buy a "Harvest Share" from a local farm. If you're interested in something like that, Google CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). |
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Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:03 pm |
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