Lois Mauk
Foodie
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Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:08 pm
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Lois Mauk
Foodie
707
Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:08 pm
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Deb Hall wrote:Lois,
Thanks for the pictures and education: I've not had these before. I personally won't be eating them because of the food miles involved, but they sound great and I'm always up to learn about new foods.
Thanks!
Deb
Deb Hall
Foodie
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Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:46 pm
Highlands , Louisville
However, I am curious as to how far you take the idea of food miles. Do you drink French wines, or stick with Kentucky/Indiana wines. How about fish, most of which comes from a good distance. Big percentage of shrimp comes from southeast Asia.
Even stuff that comes from California uses a lot of "food miles". Orange juice from Florida.
Deb Hall wrote:However, I am curious as to how far you take the idea of food miles. Do you drink French wines, or stick with Kentucky/Indiana wines. How about fish, most of which comes from a good distance. Big percentage of shrimp comes from southeast Asia.
Even stuff that comes from California uses a lot of "food miles". Orange juice from Florida.
Steve,
Your wording seems to ask what I personally do, so below is a little of my own philosophy. But in general I don't believe in preaching about "food miles' adherence . I think it's a very personal decision with lots of individual levels /shades of grey. To me, the biggest thing is 1) to be aware of the impact of our buying decisions, and then 2) make decisions about your food buying habits to save food miles where you can. If everyone reduces even a small amount, it will make a huge difference to our environment, our heath and our local farmers.
Here are my personal guidelines/decisions:
Because things like Italian olive oil, Greek olives, sea salt, truffle oil, and spices are not used in volume and these long-keeping items have very little waste, they have a lot less impact than produce, and we don't intend to cut back on these. We rarely drink imported wines (but that was true before too ), still drink lots of California wines and do our part drinking lots of local Bourbon.
Like I said, though, this is just my own personal stab at trying to substantially reduce our food miles and still enjoy the foods that really matter to us.
Deb
Deb Hall
Foodie
4169
Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:46 pm
Highlands , Louisville
Because things like Italian olive oil, Greek olives, sea salt, truffle oil, and spices are not used in volume and these long-keeping items have very little waste, they have a lot less impact than produce, and we don't intend to cut back on these. We rarely drink imported wines (but that was true before too ), still drink lots of California wines and do our part drinking lots of local Bourbon.
Like I said, though, this is just my own personal stab at trying to substantially reduce our food miles and still enjoy the foods that really matter to us.
Deb
Not used in VOLUME? Pleeasee...You have to be kidding me if you think these few imported/exported items have less of a "Carbon Footprint"..
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