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[starkat]

its glorious outside today. truly spring-like. ill attempt to take my 313 notes down to the harbour and study there instead of in mcpherson library, which smells like farts and always depresses me for some reason

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[skada21]

I think eating locally is pretty important. If you have some time, check out this article about the Hundred Mile Diet. They say that: For the average American meal (and we assume the average Canadian meal is similar), World Watch reports that the ingredients typically travel between 2,500 and 4,000 kilometres. That is serious bad news for this planet.

[starkat]

totally for sure. i read an article in the paper about an island couple who is doing the 100-mile diet. it would be so easy for this island to be completely self-sustaining, but all the major food chains get their stock from abroad! ridiculous. i definately have to get better informed tho, find out where to shop etc...

[skada21]

farmer's market is a great place to get (cheap) fruits and veggies! A lot of farms and that have very competitive prices because they have to compete with the grocery chains. One thing that's crazy (to me) is all the Washington apples shipped into Canada when we grow so many of our own here.

[chechevitsa]

not to mention the washington ones have a strong tendency to be mysteriously tasteless!

[skada21]

kind of like winter tomatoes...

[lilest_duckie]

I fully (and strongly) support buying local. However, (and not in relation to the article) I don't believe that things need to be 'certified organic.' Not every local farmer has the time/money to have their stuff certified, even if it IS organic..
My parents own a fairly large apple orchard in the Cowichan Valley, sell at markets, as well as at local grocery stores. Unfortunately the stores don't put much effort into making signage that the produce is 'local'. their loss, or ours?

[skada21]

I didn't say anything about organic. My garden is organic - but nobody knows but me! I think that eating organic is better, and most of the things you will find at a farmer's market are organic, but I'm not a militant hippy. Just a hippy :)

[lilest_duckie]

Yeah sorry, that came across a bit wrong. I meant for that comment to be more of a bit of info for Kate than for you, as she mentioned organic eating.. because sometimes organic publicity can skew the views of people who don't know how it works.