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a hundred mile thanksgiving?

while i'm sensitive to a certain degree that the Smug factor = high, practical factor = low when it comes to 100 mile diet, i think it's still important to think about how far food travels from production to your plate. there's a cost to everything and occasionally it might be A Good Thing to contemplate the oil we eat.

so, while i'm not sure we'll be try to source everything we eat to within a hundred miles, it might be fun to take up the 100 mile thanksgiving challenge.

it might be a little easier for us, living as we do amidst the highest number of organic farms in wisconsin, but still, it might be - well - a challenge.

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11:46 PM 2 comments

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We have tried to eat regularly from things mostly sourced from our local farmer's market, but here in Michigan the frost is on the pumpkin and a lot of the local produce is done for the season.

The weekly recipe is "market stir-fry", one example of same is from June:

http://vielmetti.typepad.com/vacuum/2006/06/farmers_market_.html

This week's was carrots, daikon, tat soi, and bell peppers, plus tofu. The kids loved it.

By Edward Vielmetti, at 1:51 AM

sounds tasty!

and you're right, it sure seems like a challenge to come up with a varied thanksgiving dinner if you're constrained to a hundred mile limit for sourcing food. still debating about formerly taking the challenge.

By e3, at 9:12 PM

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