Pocket Farms has this set of goals:
1. What's your definition of local for this challenge?
I am defining local for me as Indiana, Northwestern Ohio, and Southeastern Michigan (I live in the N.E. corner of IN). I wish I could do 100 miles like the Locavores, but the food pickings just aren't as good here (anymore) as they are in San Francisco.
2. What exemptions will you claim?
Right now I am excluding exotic spices like pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, curry, cardamom, etc. I grow many herbs in my garden (oregano, basil, lavender, sage, thyme, and a few others), but the others are a little more difficult to locate locally. I am still trying to find a locally grown & milled flour and I did find out recently that Clabber Girl Baking Powder is made in Terre haute, Indiana. I may email them on the source of ingredients. I'm sure I'll add to this list and that alone will help me know what I need to substitute (e.g. honey for sugar) or forgive its global source. On that topic, I was thinking today that when people of yesterday received tea, coffee, spices and other non-locally grown items they cherished them and appreciated their use on a smaller scale. This is my goal--eat local first; eat globally on special occasions.
3. What is your personal goal for the month?
To find and use local sources of food items over all others. To frequent these local resources over the "convenience" markets (e.g. Wal*Mart, Krogers, etc.). To feel good at what I am doing to help keep sustain agriculture and keep it in this area.
So what are your personal guideliness for the Eat Local Challenge?
Saturday, July 23, 2005
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Wow..interesting thoughts. Thanks!
Those goals for the eat local challenge sound a lot like my own. I hope to find way more local food sources, hopefully organic, and stick to my local community more to find food.
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