the "100 foot diet"

WisJim · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:03 pm Post subject: the "100 foot diet"

I found an interesting website and a link to a YouTube video, about growing as much of what you eat as possible--hence the "100 foot diet", eat from within 100 feet of where you are.
http://www.pathtofreedom.com/journal/archives/2008/01/100_foot_diet_c.html

We have found that we are spending less and less on food each year, in spite of having the same size household, and having more company for meals and participating in more potluck meals at other homes. We are eating much more of what we grow. One thing that I have noticed is that we used to mix up a frozen fruit juice every morning, and that meant that everytime they were on sale we would stock up, spending $30 to $50 on a month or two's supply. For the last year or so we have been just using juice that we canned as a morning treat to go with breakfast. Instead of orange juice, grapefruit juice, or various frozen juice concentrates, we open a quart can of home-canned grape juice concentrate or home canned grape/plum/pear/apple etc concentrate and have that instead, saving us perhaps a dollar or more a day. We also froze and canned a lot of straight apple juice (sweet cider) plus some hard cider is fermenting yet in the 5 gallon carboys. We have had similar savings with many other food items, too, either canning or freezing more food, or expanding our selection of food stored in the root cellar. So, in spite of eating more and regular grocery prices going up, our annual food expenditures are going down.

DomusAlbion · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: the "100 foot diet"

We are beginning to experience the same thing. We have hardly bought any meat for the last 6 months. We raise chickens and pigs and trade a pig for beef with a neighbor cattleman. All vegetables come from our garden in the summer and with the greenhouse, which is just about ready for use, we will have some fresh veggies for 10 months a year.
Our orchard has over 40 fruit trees and I'm expecting that they should start yielding a good crop this year (3rd summer since planting)

In 2009 we will get a milch cow (Jersey) and we'll make our own yoghurt and cheese plus have her calf once a year; raise the calf to about 9 mos. and slaughter it for beef.
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DomusAlbion · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: the "100 foot diet"

I love this poster on their sitel

I will be selling eggs this year at the Moscow Farmer's Market and I would really like to get this for the booth.
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"Modern Agriculture is the use of land to convert petroleum into food."
-- Albert Bartlett

"It will be a dark time. But for those who survive, I suspect it will be rather exciting."
-- James Lovelock

skyemoor · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: the "100 foot diet"