June 29, 2007 

learned about the 100-Mile Diet from my friend Walkabout Linda. I had not really looked into it yet, until Mary and I were talking about it yesterday when we went to go get a free freezer for my mudroom. So with a couple other things I wanted to research last night, I learned about this food challenge.

 The 100-Mile Diet is simple. It is a living experiment in local eating that will reconnect you with your food, your local farmers, the seasons, and the landscape you live in... and help save the planet's resources at the same time.

Unlike the couple who started this 'movement' in lower mainland British Columbia, I have 3 months.. from now until September to gather, harvest, find and put up all the foods for us for the next 9 months if we wanted to try this for a year like the people who started this.

So as my guy came in to tell me goodnight, I asked him how he felt about trying this for a week. His response was "Are you going to try to kill me"..

Ok Dear.. the challenge is on. I want to prove to you that you will not die from trying this for a week. What I guess is.. he doesn't realize is how much we do eat locally already, including from our own land. I am wondering if I should tell him before or after the experiment *L*

Click here, to find out your 100 mile radius of your home.

As I am sitting here typing this, I am trying to think of all our options.

Beef- We raise our own and have it in the freezer already and she was grass fed
Chicken- We hatch and raise our own chickens as well, the feed is not 100 Mile local, but it is BC grown
Turkey- We raise our own turkeys, the feed is also BC Grown
Pork - We buy weaner pigs from a local man, the feed is BC grown as well as stuff from our place
Milk Products- Well "Daisy" messed this up for us (hence the beef in the freezer), but we do have 4 milk goats on the go
Eggs- From our own hens
Potatoes- Locally and organically grown (we bought 120# of organic carrots from these people as well last year)
Grains - We (Mary and I) are starting to grow our own and getting a co-op Grain Mill
Honey-Locally harvested. Sometimes less than 4 miles from our home. 
Many wild fruits- We have strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, huckleberries, Saskatoons, cranberries, but other than that, we are very limited on fruits
Vegetables- Our garden is growing and the tomatoes are starting to set fruit. I will be canning and freezing alot of veggies this summer. Odds and ends I want to dehydrate to make a soup base that I made for many years and have slacked off on for the last 4-5 years.

Do you want to take this Challenge too? Even for a week? Make sure to go and talk about it on our Forum here at DTTR website