7 Ways to Cook Up a Sustainable Diet - Yes! Magazine

This is a fantastic article from Yes! Magazine about eating local.  And it's not just about why you should eat local, it tackles the HOW!  How do we make the things that grow very close to home into meals for our families.  Vicki Robin took the plunge and tells of her experience.

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Last year, Vicki Robin lived for a month eating only food from within a 10-mile radius. She’s back with tips for a planet-friendly diet.

by Vicki Robin

posted Sep 08, 2011

Photo by Martin Cathrae.

A year ago, I undertook a month-long experiment in making the "idea" of eating local a daily practice: For one month, I ate only food that was produced within a 10-mile radius of my home on Whidbey Island, Washington.

I allowed myself four "exotics"—foods from afar—because living without them would make the experiment a prison I'd never want to visit again. My exotics were olive oil, salt, caffeine and limes (and I discovered while researching my book in progress, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us, that these exceptions—plus chocolate—tend to be everyone's exotics).

The diet forced me to confront my habits, preferences, and obsessions. I had to learn to cook from only what's at hand, and understand my unique place on the earth—with its land and farmers and food—as never before.

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