Well the Supermarket was a good place to start, or not….

Day 1:  We are going to starve to death!  Well we would if this is how we are going to sustain ourselves for the next 30 days as we attempt to only eat local within 200km from here.  I expected a degree of imported food, but not as much as I found at the local supermarket.  This trip was a good starting point as it … Continue reading Well the Supermarket was a good place to start, or not….

How exactly do you define ‘Local’?

For the entire month of April we will be in a challenge to only eat local food, organised by the good people at Happyzine. The boundary set for local is 200km from your house.  Which is actually quite generous considering where we live is often referred to as the bread basket of the nation.  We are in the heart of a rich agricultural and horticultural … Continue reading How exactly do you define ‘Local’?

We’re going local

Oh my goodness what have I done?  I have just agreed to drag my poor long suffering family through yet another mad capped project. But its ok it’s for a competition.  No actually that doesn’t make things any better.  Let’s try that again:  It’s ok it’s only for the 30 days of April. For the month of April we will be joining the Happyzine Eat … Continue reading We’re going local