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Eat local with the 100-Mile diet
Posted on Mar 29th 2007 2:23PM by Martha EdwardsFiled Under: Diet & Weight Loss
Lately, it seems there's a trend toward eating locally-grown food, and subsequently supporting your local economy. So it only seems natural that a diet would be based on this idea -- it's called the 100-Mile diet. Actually, it's not so much a diet as it is a pact -- to only eat food grown or produced within 100 miles of where you live.
It sounds like a great idea, but I have to admit, I'm not sold. I live in the frozen north, where not many things grow, and those that do have a pretty short growing season. Without imported produce, I would surely suffer from scurvy or some sort of vitamin deficiency. Sure, I could can and freeze some things, but for the winter months, I sure would miss the fresh stuff. Plus my favourite sweet treat is a juicy mango, and there's no way that would ever grow in my area, except in a greenhouse.
What do you think of the plan? Do you eat locally?
It sounds like a great idea, but I have to admit, I'm not sold. I live in the frozen north, where not many things grow, and those that do have a pretty short growing season. Without imported produce, I would surely suffer from scurvy or some sort of vitamin deficiency. Sure, I could can and freeze some things, but for the winter months, I sure would miss the fresh stuff. Plus my favourite sweet treat is a juicy mango, and there's no way that would ever grow in my area, except in a greenhouse.
What do you think of the plan? Do you eat locally?
