Testing Links About the 100 Mile Diet

This is a test...for the next 60 seconds you will hear...............I'm testing a link for the
100 mile diet. Let's hope this works. Anyway, the 100 mile diet is just what it says...a diet consisting of foods obtained only within a 100 mile radius of your home. The purpose is to realize that each time we sit down to a meal, almost all of the products have travelled over 1500 miles to reach our plates. Big deal you say? Well, with the price of oil, and the pending scarcity of oil, this constitutes a big deal. When the price of a gallon of gas reaches $5 a gallon those potatoes on your plate won't be costing no $1.89 a bag--nope. You'll be paying for the cost of gas reflected into that bag-o-spuds.

Eating locally helps support your immediate community and save oil all at once. But, sadly, some things just can't be produced in America. Like coffee, and olive oil, any many other foods to numerous to mention. This can put a damper on the 100 mile diet. But many adherents to this diet try and do a large percentage of their diet with locally grown foods, while supplementing with the imported coffees and olive oils.

It's a start. This summer I'll try and visit my local farmer's market more often. It's fresher and cheaper!