Pigging Out In the Pacific Northwest
CASCADIA -- May 4th, 2006
By Podchef
For the last five or so years I have been living the 100-mile diet in part. We grow as much food as we can--eggs, chicken, and veggies through the spring and summer. We also shop locally on the mainland and buy goods produced as close to home as possible. Today I am receiving half of a pig grown next door at a neighbor's farm. We also use their mustard and raw milk.
I had never thought of trying to go 100 percent local before, but I am moving closer to it every day. Some of the organic chicken feed and other organic goods travel a bit to reach me. I think I'll start compiling a list of local products like butter and such just to help me be able to source them.
We're all pretty fortunate here in the Pacific Northwest because we have the bounty of the land and sea to back up our "locavore" leanings . However, that shouldn't prevent others from sourcing fish from their local lakes, streams and rivers, or foraging in field and forest.
