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Local Food Challenges (Sharon Gordon) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:06:21 -0400 > From: "Sharon Gordon" <gordonse at one.net> > Subject: [Community_garden] Local Food Challenges > To: "Community GardenNational" > <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org> > Message-ID: > <00ca01c6e634$52bacea0$6401a8c0 at hsd1.md.comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Here are some Local Food Challenges going on around > the world. I was > thinking that people with allotments/community > garden plots or a home > kitchen garden would have a great advantage in this > sort of the challenge. > Is anyone's allotment group, community garden plot, > or council thinking of > doing this type challenge in 2007? I am thinking > that it might be an > opportunity to increase the skills of diverse > plantings and also timing > crops to produce more steady yields than all at once > yields. And likely > there could be a great deal of sharing of seasonal > recipes. Most of these > are 100 mile/160 kilometre challenges. However I > have read that a local > food challenger in the UK figured out that from a > sustainability standpoint > it would be best if food came from within 12 > miles/19 kilometres. > > For this year there is the opportunity to try a > local Fall Harvest meal as > noted in the > http://100milediet.org/thanksgiving/ below. > > > In October 2006 a number of people in Mendocino Co, > CA, USA are challenging > themselves to eat as much of their food locally as > possible. Here's a blog > for people in the Willits area > http://www.relocalize.net/blog/42 > and people can sign up with Jason Bradford to > participate: > jason at redinet.org > > Willits also has a number of other ongoing local > food projects. > www.willitseconomiclocalization.org/ > > Anderson Valley is keeping up with events, > restuarants serving local foods, > and stores with local food. > http://www.coastlocalize.org > People are celebrating with local food potlucks, > harvest festivals, and > workshops. > They also have a list of challenge ideas for the > month > http://www.coastlocalize.org/html_pages/October_Challenge.html > > San Franciso did theirs earlier in the year during > May. > http://www.locavores.com/ > http://www.wisefoodways.com/ > One of their members created a local food cookbook > called > Full Moon Feast > http://www.wisefoodways.com/moons/ > Here's a radio interview with the author > http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/interviews/745 > > > The group also developed a local food wheel > http://www.localfoodswheel.com/ > If your group decides to a food wheel I'd recommend > a few differences: > 1) Make it larger. (Also plan to redo your wheel in > a year or two to > incorporate the improved access to local food that > usually results from > localization efforts.) This group did incorporate a > rotating ring to provide > info and reduce the size of the wheel. > 2) Make rings on the wheel for the various > categories of food such as dairy, > fish/aquatic, fungi, fruits, grains, nuts and seeds, > meat, vegetables > 3) Consider if it would help to divide each month in > half to more clearly > show what is available at any given time. > > In Canada Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon did a 100 > mile diet from Spring > 2005 to Spring 2006. They had a real struggle at > the start, and a much > better time when the farmer's markets were in > abundance. > http://100milediet.org/home/ > They are encouraging people to try a 100 mile > Thanksgiving or Fall harvest > feast. > http://100milediet.org/thanksgiving/ > A group in Vancouver has a blogspot to organize > theirs. > http://100milethanksgiving.blogspot.com > and workshops this week > 100milethanksgiving at gmail.com > > For Local Food Challenges in other locations see > http://100milediet.org/home/ > http://www.relocalize.net > > If you know of other Local Food Challenges or help > start one yourself, > please add to this thread. > > Anyone participating in your local challenge or the > international > Thanksgiving/Fall Harvest one at > http://100milediet.org/home/ ? > > Sharon > gordonse at one.net > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association > listserve is only one of ACGA's services to > community gardeners. 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