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The 100 Mile Trial

Resources


There is a wealth of resources for us here in Melbourne. Of special relevance is the blogs of people who are already trialling this in Melbourne. Let’s not reinvent the wheel.



Books/ media:
'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle': Barbara Kingsolver (US) http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com
'100 Mile Diet': Alisa Smith & J.B. MacKinnon (Canada) http://www.100milediet.org
(both trialled for 1 year)
‘Watch Your (Fo)odometer!’ Animation of food miles (US) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4RCyxgz97g

 

 


Local experiments:
Friends of the Earth (FOE) South Australia - did trial over last summer http://localfoodfeast.blogspot.com/
Richard Cornish, writer for the Age Epicure, trialled it with family in 2007 (Melbourne) http://www.smh.com.au/news/diet/going-the-extra-mile/2007/06/25/1182623870817.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2

RMIT Social innovations studies subject (RMIT Industrial Design) http://wordpress.com/tag/100-mile-diet-in-melbounre/
- Tim’s blog http://tims160kmdiet.wordpress.com/category/160km-diet/
- Paul Riakkenen’s blog http://riaikk.wordpress.com/category/100-mile-diet/
- Eddie from Footscray http://s3124312.wordpress.com/

ABC Melbourne began the ‘locavore challenge’ September 4, 2008
Diaries, maps, resources http://www.abc.net.au/local/features/locavore/?section=home
and blogslhttp://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/melbourne_locavore/index.php


Other resources:
100 Mile cafe – our own restaurant in Melbourne Central (now closed)
http://www.100milecafe.com.au/
Seasonal growing chart for Victoria http://www.orangesandlemons.com.au/home.html

Pigs might Fly Blog – some postings http://www.pigswillfly.com.au/?p=1295 http://www.pigswillfly.com.au/?p=1561
‘Going Local’ – rational explained http://www.adelaide.foe.org.au/?p=143

Food Miles in Australia: A preliminary study of Melbourne, Victoria. By CERES Community Environment Park http://www.ceres.org.au/projects/foodmiles.html
Farmers markets in Melbourne
- Veg Out, St Kilda - 1st Saturday every month
- Collingwood Children's Farm - 2nd Saturday every month
- Gasworks, Albert Park - 3rd Saturday every month
- Slow Food Melbourne, Abbotsford Convent - 4th Saturday every month
- Carlton - 3rd Saturday every month
- Yarraville - 4th Saturday every month
http://www.farmersmarkets.org.au
http://www.mfm.com.au


New additions!
Wendy's blog - Green Tucker http://greentucker.ata.org.au/
Food producers in the Ballarat region - from BREAZE (via Andrew Bray) http://www.breaze.org.au/balfoodlist/

CERES Environmental Park in Brunswick post the food miles for fruit & veg available each week
http://www.ceres.org.au/farm/organicmarket.htm
http://www.ceres.org.au/farm/marketfoodmiles.php

 

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