This month, our eco-challenge at BlogHers ACT Canada is to eat locally. Sounds easy, doesn't it? Well, unfortunately, eating locally doesn't necessarily mean eating food that comes from your local grocery store. It means being aware of the sources of the food that is sitting on those supermarket shelves. It means buying food that was grown within 100 miles of your home.

When I checked to see where exactly that 100 mile radius fell, I was surprised at how small the distance actually appeared on the map. Obviously the apples grown just up the road are still considered local. And fortunately, one of Canada's beautiful wine regions is also within that radius (phew!). But a large portion of that area is taken up by Lake Ontario, and I just don't like to eat fish all that much.

Take a moment today to head over to the 100 Mile Diet website to see what your 100 mile radius looks like. Think about the foods you eat and whether they are local. Decide whether it is important to you to save fuel, reduce carbon emissions, to know where your food is coming from. Then click on over to today's post on BlogHers ACT Canada to see how "not-so-local" my own breakfast turned out to be.

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