Locavore for a month

I think that if any of the readers of this magazine were asked if they ate local food most would say ‘yes, I shop at the local farmers’ market, grow my own vegies, swap with friends and support local businesses’. I would have said the same a year ago, but I decided to put my ‘eat localness’ to the test and to eat only local food for a month. I set myself a few stringent guidelines:

• eat only food produced here on the farm or traded with local growers

• cook using only the wood stove and wood I have collected locally

• no other fuel use – no car for the month!

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