The 1074 Mile Diet

The 100 mile diet. This is a great concept, IF you are living in an area that produces local food all year.

If you plan on eating only local food….if you plan on eating foods required in a healthy diet…… this might work year round in southern BC. Where do you buy fresh local fruit and vegetables in December if you live in any other province? Maybe other provinces carry more hot house items then NB. We don’t seem to carry very many here in Fredericton.

A few people assume I am using the 100 mile diet. That would not be possible living here in Fredericton, I would have an endless list of forbidden Canadian products. It would include my much loved wine from Pelee Island.

Pelee Island Winery carries my favorite wines. And they are Canadian. I tried their wine when my son and his wife were living in Kingston, Ontario. Every time we visited, we would end up at this classy little bar called “The Tango”. It was there I was introduced to some great Canadian wines. In fact, their house wine was from the Pelee Island Wineries, and ended up being my favorite.

Hmmm… to be a bit more realistic, I am on the 1074 mile diet. Actually, make that the 1729 km diet. (The distance between Fredericton and Pelee Island).