Oil Fat & Enough
Has it ever occurred to you, as it just did to me, that there is a similarity between oil for our cars and oil in our diets? We tend to over-consume both. Even if our butts get fatter or our wallets get thinner, we just …
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From this day forward…
OMG. I still have so much to tell you. About my new food rules. About a Mr. Potato-mouth (a guy eating only potatoes for 60 days). About what I just learned at a Green Energy Fair from local farmers about policies that help and those …
For richer and poorer – new stats on the wealth gap
A story on NPR this morning on the growing gap between the wealthy and the rest of us in the United States, equaled only by the gap in the 1920’s. The 400 people on Forbes magazine’s list of the richest Americans saw their combined net worth …
Hot off the presses – Yes Magazine reposting 10mile
I’m glad Tricia’s and my experiment is inspiring more than the two of us and a handful of friends. http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/vicki-robin-my-10-mile-diet/my-10-mile-diet-…-in-a-global-food-system?utm_source=wkly20100910&utm_medium=yesemail&utm_content=nonsubs&utm_campaign=titleRobin.
10-mile diet minus 2 hours
Today has felt a bit like being on a conveyor belt heading off a cliff. Or like a prisoner eating her last meal. Despite how prepared I am for my 10-mile diet experiment, i’ve found myself scarfing what by midnight will be untouchables until October …
Is my fridge local?
What to do with what I have in my fridge. I’m not buying new food and eating through what is there, but do I toss, give away or just eat the few things remaining: celery, red pepper, 2 oranges, an avocado, milk, etc. Some can …
Local minus 3
August 29. In three days i’ll start my 10-mile diet. 80% of my food from Tricia Beckner’s farm (or my backyard). 10% within 10 miles of my home, 10% exotics (from beyond my 10-mile circle of eating. I actually started to feel a little desperation. …
10% Exotics
Tricia Beckner will soon bear the burden of feeding me for a month. Starting September 1 we’re doing our 10 Mile Diet which began as her search for a guinea pig who would agree to eat solely from her market garden/homestead for a month. She …