[getsmart-l] Fw: [Discover Local Food] Southwestern Ontario Locavore - Blog

[John O'Gorman]

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Southwestern Ontario Locavore

 

By ontariolocavore

http://ontariolocavore.wordpress.com/

This is a log of my adventures in local eating, which started in earnest on August 01, 2007.  The basic rule is that all food items purchased to bring into my home must come from within 100 miles of where I live, and ideally are organic or ecologically produced.  This essentially includes all of Southwestern Ontario, starting this side of Toronto, stretching west to lake Huron, north to Georgian Bay, and south to include the Niagara Peninsula.  If I can't find it here, I'll just have to do without.  Except.. 

- A few items which do not have competing local versions (i.e. olive oil vs. sunflower oil) can be purchased from beyond this zone, provided that they are certified fair trade and organic.  This includes spices (pepper, cinnamon, vanilla, curry, ginger and so on), tea, coffee and chocolate.   Of course I could try and learn to live without them, but I really want this project to succeed!

- As the life of a graduate student is solitary enough, I can suspend my local eating rules for social purposes when invited out to dinner by friends, either in their homes or at a restaurant.  Should I invite them to my home, I have to stick to my rules.

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