A year of local eating is a nonfiction book written by canadian writers alisa smith and j. Alisa smith and james mackinnon chew the fat on their 100. Nov 10, 2005 and given what we know about where fuel costs are going, its time planners put themselves on what we might call a 10year diet, because thats about how much time we have before the 100 mile diet. Mackinnon and alisa smith put together at a cabin in northern british columbia, using garden vegetables, forest mushrooms, and wild salmon. The concept of the 100 mile diet started to spread in 2005 when pioneers james mackinnon and alisa smith decided to eat foods produced within 100 miles of their vancouver home, which is surrounded by mountains, a valley and water. The 100 mile diet is a pathway home for anybody, anywhere.
Pros and cons of only eating local foods raw foods diet advice. Alisa smith, a vancouverbased freelance writer who has been nominated for a national magazine award, has been published in outside, explore, canadian geographic, readers digest, utne, and many other periodicals. That was the question asked by writer susan cosier, a new yorker who tried the 100mile diet and wrote about it in last months ethe environmental magazine. Zeromile diet by carolyn herriot goodreads share book. Beth bruder of dundurn press and the website 49th shelf told us about their program to get us to read local. This inspiring and enlightening book will give you plenty to chew on. In the book, the authors recount their experiences, including motivations and challenges, on restricting their diet, for one year, to include only foods. The book plenty has different subtitles in hardcover and paperback and the canadian edition was called the 100 mile diet. In the book, the authors recount their experiences, including motivations and challenges, on restricting their diet, for one year, to include only foods grown within 100 miles of their residence. The original pioneers of the diet were alisa smith and james mackinnon who relied on local grocers and farm markets for a diet restricted to include only foods grown and produced within a 100 mile radius of their apartment.
A year of local eating from nonfiction canadian writers alisa smith and j. Followers of the diet often describe themselves as locavores, because they eat locally produced food. B download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Random house will be publishing their 100 mile diet book in canada.
Mar 28, 2020 the 100 mile diet is a term used in american food activism to describe a diet which consists entirely of foods grown and raised within 100 miles 161 kilometers of the dinner table. I feel fairly confident that most people who think about food and sustainability are aware of the 100 mile diet. For more information on finding locally produced food visit. Sep 01, 2010 first published on october 5, 2010, at the end of my 10mile diet but worth repeating 3 years later im noticing that the heightened awareness and savory, sweet flavor of being on a 10 mile diet is fading as i expand my circle of food to nuts and cheeses and things that come in jars with labels and more than 5 ingredients. Dec 26, 2008 is the 100 mile diet one that is realistic for your average person leading a busy life. Call me naive, but i never knew that flour would be struck from our 100 mile diet. A year of local eating tells the full story, from the insights to the kitchen disasters, as the authors transform from megamart shoppers to selfsufficient urban pioneers. They called their selfimposed challenge the 100 mile diet. Dec 23, 2009 a news report about a group of students at mcgill university in montreal attempting the 100 mile diet. Rather than cooking to recipes, they had to turn to their own creativity. It is not quite as serious as eating a hyperlocavore, zero mile diet, but it is a great step towards a more sustainable lifestyle and will dramatically lower your carbon footprint. Now that the farmers markets are in full swing, we are perfectly content with the hundred mile diet. The canadian book site 49 th shelf has started a campaign titled read local.
The 100 mile diet has been listed as one of the language and literature good articles under the good article criteria. Sleep music 247, sleep meditation, insomnia, calm music, sleep therapy, spa, study, relax, sleep yellow brick cinema relaxing music 2,727 watching live now. It was a dinner that transcended the delicate freshness of the fish, the earthy goodness of the spuds that had. A new yorker tries the 100mile diet the new york times. Mackinnons account of eating locally for a year in vancouver. Nov 08, 2007 the 100mile diet is a noble idea eat only foods produced within 100 miles of your home.
In fact, its also the theme of a new book called the 100mile diet. The book plenty has different subtitles in hardcover and paperback and the canadian edition was called the 100mile diet. The yearlong local food experiment of vancouverites alisa smith and j. The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a canadian c. Ive been thinking about the whole eating local thing since i read barbara kingslovers book animal, vegetable, miracle.
The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a canadian couple who make a yearlong attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100 mile radius of their apartment. Where our food comes from matters just as much as what is within our food. An introduction to the 100mile diet in ottawa green living. This definitive monthbymonth guide brings gardeners into the delici.
Return from the 100 mile diet to the homepage of favorite freezer foods. Apr 02, 2007 theres been a lot of welldeserved press about the release of alisa smith and j. Random house will be publishing their 100mile diet book in canada. Pick up some great reads, support canadian authors and escape to another part of the countryor get back to your hometownwithout ever leaving your backyard. Mackinnon, alisa smith and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The 100 mile book diet, which urges readers to take on books that are set within 100 miles. A year of local eating kindle edition by smith, alisa, mackinnon, j. This book is about real food and how eating it will change our lives for the better. However, some recent studies show that this concept is quite flawed. Now in paperback, a national bestselling cross between peter mayles a year in provence and eric schlossers fast food nation, this book has struck a deeper. The 100 mile challenge is a great story and an inspiration not just to eat locally but to think about where our food comes from. The 100 mile diet is a great way to learn about your local farming community, get healthier, and choose a sustainable way of eating.
Jun 20, 2012 as part of the websites launch, bruder and her crew, including wilson, have set up an interactive map on the site, the 100mile book diet, to help readers make choices based on geographical. When alisa smith and james mackinnon learned that the average ingredient in a. For more information on finding locally produced food visit the web site of farm folkcity folk. The 100mile diet began as a way to reduce dependence on the fossil fuels sucked up. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. The biggest reason people give for only eating local foods is the environment and all of the fuel used in transportation to bring exotic foods to your table. The results of our efforts are documented in our 100 mile diet blog.
Dec 05, 2009 home is where the food is tells the simple tale of tina biello making dinner for her family. I had no idea the average food miles food from the field to the table was 1,500 miles. Its harvest time in ontario a time of bounty and plenty for lovers of local food. B mackinnon launched their now worldfamous 100mile diet on the tyee, and their book the 100mile diet.
One man, one woman, and a raucous year of eating locally in. Jan 19, 2009 i just finished reading a book called plenty. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the 100 mile diet. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Was it still possible to eat locally, even back home in the city. Ever wonder how much pasture and farmland we have in cultivation near seattle. For one year, they would only consume food that came from within a 100 mile radius of their vancouver apartment. Aug 17, 2007 plus, the diet can be expensive and choices are limited to seasonal offerings. If more people took the time to support their local farmers as opposed to those industrial scum bags, things would be a lot better for everyone. Put organic homegrown fruits and vegetables on your table throughout the year, using the timesaving, economical and sustainable methods of gardening outlined in the zeromile diet. We wanted to make this a huge community event and provide information and a support group for people eating locally while raising awareness about local foods in the greater community. This is completely awesome rather than calling it a diet, it should be some sort of manifesto. Apr 25, 2007 alisa smith and james mackinnon chew the fat on their 100mile diet.