been thinking about...

I've been thinking a lot this summer about the food we eat and where it comes from. In August I read this book, The 100 Mile Diet which tells the "adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment". They "learned that the average ingredient in a North American meal travels 1,500 miles from farm to plate, they decided to launch a simple experiment to reconnect with the people and places that produced what they ate."

This makes a lot of sense to me. While I think our family eats a fairly healthy diet, we really don't know where a lot of our food comes from. I have been noticing where various foods come from at the grocery store and was surprised, for example, that the garlic is from China. China? In the middle of summer?

While I'm not willing or able to eat locally 100%, I am interested in making small changes where I can. It relates to making our family more "green" as well.

I remember my mom wanting to learn more about organic food and heading down to the local farmer's market. She went to the same farmer each week to buy fresh food.

So after we put Delaney on the bus the other day Dav and I headed down to the market. Lots of great locally grown and produced food and beautiful flowers too! Lots of farmers from the County. We bought a few things (gotta remember to bring CASH! no debit machines here! :)

And yes, we also bought some garlic. :)