Eat Local Challenge: The Framework

Time frame: one year

Exceptions:

Coffee

Spices

Sugar

Vinegar

Baking Powder

selected grains: flours, cornmeal, barley

Oil

Pamesan cheese

*The challenge will not apply to any of Max's food, though obviously we will feed him from local sources whenever we can.

The definition of local:

Within a 100 mile radius

Foods subject to challenge:

Dairy

Fruits

Vegetables

Nuts

Beans

Pasta

Everything that is not on the exceptions list

We will not expect friends and family to cook only local foods for us nor will we worry about restaurants which we don't eat at often anyway.

The Goal: To eat as seasonally and locally as we can for one year. We are not choosing to be extreme in our approach and are allowing some of the basics that we find indispensable and that people have been trading for for hundreds of years, such as spices. What we want is to learn what grows in our own region and when, to learn how to cook according to what is available fairly close by and reduce the over-all miles between us and our food. We seek an edible education.

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