Local Fruits and Veggies
It has been some time since I have reported on the status of buying local.
I have managed to find a source just about all my fruits and vegetables.
Flour!
At the outset of this local diet I thought that one of the harder staple food items to find might be flour. Some of the people who tried to do the 100 mile diet in Vancouver, Canada, found that one of the hardest things to find was wheat (flour) and they missed it a lot. [...]
How far is 200km from Fuchu City, Tokyo?
In order to try and get as much food as I can from with 200km of Tokyo, I need to know how far 200km from my house is. One unfortunately thing about living in Tokyo is that about half of the 200km is water. I will have to wait and see how well the tracking [...]
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 [...]