Braintree Eco Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
95% of fruit and 50% of the vegetables in the UK are imported. In a way it’s nice that we can enjoy many foods out of season and at relatively low cost, but the effect on the environment is very high. Not only is the food transported to us from hundreds or thousands of miles [...]
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Image: ILSR Well, Not Literally 100 Miles... The Insitute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) has released a second version of its study titled Energy Self-Reliant States . In it they look at various ways that U.S. states could generate clean electricity locally (rooftop solar PV, onshore wind, offshore wind, etc). Just from the name of the institute, it's pretty obvious that they aren't in favor...
Brainicane (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Image: ILSR Well, Not Literally 100 Miles… The Insitute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) has released a second version of its study titled Energy Self-Reliant States. In it they look at various ways that U.S. states could generate clean electricity locally (rooftop solar PV, onshore wind, offshore wind, etc). Just from the name of the institute, it’s pretty [...]
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Pierre Desrochers, U of T No doubt you have heard of ear worms, those songs that just get caught in your head and never leave. There are also news worms, the same story and the same guy popping up on radio, TV and in print everywhere. The news worm of the week in Ontario, Canada is U of T Mississauga geography professor Pierre Desrochers, who is attacking the idea of local food and the hundred mile...
Kootenay Rockies - News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
A new documentary about the concept of “100-mile housing” is being shown in Revelstoke next week.
Eyeteeth: A journal of incisive ide (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... next March, don't miss the 2010 Art and Social Justice Conference . • You've heard of the 100-Mile Diet ; now there's the 100-Mile Thanksgiving .
The Ethicurean (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Ever since the idea of going locavore, or eating local on 100-mile diets, tiptoed into the mainstream a couple of years ago, more people have chosen to support their local farmers markets and to eat fresh food in season. The old chorus continues, however: “What can a locavore eat in the winter?” Well, quite a lot, [...]
Tyee - Home (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A bite of BC's best. Photo: Jenn PentlandBC's home-grown food supply is shrinking. Who's doing it better?How a program with Canadian roots helps small farmers pushed to the margins by agribiz.The 'In Defense of Food' author on picky-eating kids, Obama's menu for America, the 100-Mile Diet and more.By some estimates, there are more than 10,000 varieties of apples in the world. When European...
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Factory Farms, Deforestation, Subsidies and Soy: UK Campaign Connects the Dots (Video) Image credit: FOE From Meatless Mondays to Weekday Vegetarianism to going raw food vegan to adopting the 100-Mile Diet, there are plenty of individual act… Read the full story on TreeHugger Visit the original post at: TreeHugger
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Image credit: FOE From Meatless Mondays to Weekday Vegetarianism to going raw food vegan to adopting the 100-Mile Diet , there are plenty of individual act... Read the full story on TreeHugger
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Nanaimo's newest market is wrapping up its second year of serving the community. It runs from May to October to give you a fabulous selection of local farm produce, seafood, meats, baking, preserves and nursery plants. This is Nanaimo's food-oriented market promoting the 100 mile diet and connecting the people of our community with the farmers in our region who grow and raise the food...
This Blog Sits at the (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... keep popping up. I couldn't help noticing that the the book I referred to yesterday, The 100 mile diet, is completely culturematic. There are many reasons why the book resonated with our culture, but what made this fascinating reading was watching the authors solve an artificial problem: how to source all food from their immediate vicinity. Gatorade's Replay is still better. It creates...
This Blog Sits at the (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... Waters (Chez Panisse), Jessica Prentice ("locavore"), Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon (The 100-Mile Diet), and Barbara Kingsolver (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle). The local movement has changed restaurants, markets, farming, and manufacturering. It has changed what and how we eat. It has transformed the lawn of the White House which thanks to the Alice Waters now sports a vegetable garden....
