http://100milediet.org The 100 Mile Diet Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:55:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two years ago it seemed hopeless; only one city councillor, pioneer farmer descendent Harlold Steves, voted to save the 136-acre parcel in the heart of urban Richmond, B.C., for agricultural purposes. Thanks to the dogged work of the Garden City Lands Coalition, two major hurdles have been passed, moving them toward ... http://100milediet.org/hurdle-passed-to-create-north-americas-largest-urban-farm DAY 100 - So, this is it. At midnight tonight, the Mission 100-Mile Challenge comes to an end. Doing this as a part of a community has been an incredible experience, as full or maybe more full of surprises than the year Alisa and I spent on our own 100-Mile ... http://100milediet.org/mission-challenge-100-miles-100-days DAY 97 - Three more days. The Mission 100-Mile Challenge ends Monday at the stroke of midnight. There's something about an approaching deadline that slows down time...the pleasures of the moment fade into the background and the finish line grabs all your attention. I miss the challenge already, but at ... http://100milediet.org/mission-challenge-three-more-days DAY 90 - Ten days to go, folks, before you can finally have that cup of coffee. We're at the point where a bit of "challenge fatigue" is creeping in for the 100% crowd, I think; the only cure that I know of is to take these last ten days ... http://100milediet.org/100-mile-mission-supermarkets-go-local DAY 88 - I finally got a note from one of the people in Mission who is not doing the 100% challenge, but is still a big part of the grand adventure. With no further ado, here's Susan. -JBM I can't remember exactly the percentage we signed up for but ... http://100milediet.org/100-mile-mission-life-at-90-local DAY 83 - Our most reliable Mission correspondent, Angela, came through this week with one recipe and one...I guess I'd call it an "innovation." Let's start with that one: My 8-year old daughter Emily and I were enjoying a relaxing day at home, a nice calm break from all the summer ... http://100milediet.org/mission-challenge-tomato-soup-recipe-plus DAY 82 - Those of us doing the Mission Challenge aren't the only ones out there - far from it, of course. Here are two notes, one about the original community-level challenge in Powell River (now in its third year, and still growing), and one from our friends at Sustainable ... http://100milediet.org/mission-challenge-news-from-friends DAY 79 - It's corn season, so let's see some corn recipes (though what's better than on the cob with butter, salt, and ground chilies?). To get you started, here's a basic corn chowder from Johanna; it's a 100-mile adaptation of a recipe in The Political Palate, a feminist vegetarian ... http://100milediet.org/mission-challenge-corn-chowder-recipe DAY 77 - I was away for a week and now I have some email catching up to do. Here are some recent comments and questions. Check in on Tuesday for a corn chowder recipe, too. Johanna asked: Steve and Alex and I were talking today and wondering about corn for ... http://100milediet.org/mission-challenge-recent-notes-and-questions DAY 74 - The other day I took an important phone call at 8 a.m. It was Steve, the Organic Ocean fisherman from whom we buy most of our seafood, calling to say there had been a very short commercial fishery for sockeye salmon heading up the Fraser River. Would ... http://100milediet.org/mission-challenge-what-is-local-seafood