on Apr 14th, 2008
To eat more locally
I have decided to make a genuine eat more locally.
I have defined locally as with 200km of my house in Fuchu, Tokyo. Obviously the closer the better, but 200km seems like a reasonable distance especially considering all the “100 mile diet” (link).
Failing to be able to get products from with 200km, the goal is to get the items from within the main island (on which I live) and then domestically.
The primary reasons are 1) To be more environmentally friendly as in lower amounts of transportation is required. 2) to support more local and smaller farms and farmers as well as growning in the local community. 3) I will probably wind up eating a bit better as a result (less presevatives for shipping, more in season fruits and vegetables, etc)eat
I have absolutely no idea how hard it is going to be to try and accomplish this in Toyko, the largest metropolian area on the planet.