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Day 3!!
Day three has come and almost finished. I wasn’t feeling so hot today, really low energy and pretty hungry, even when I ate. I was missing greens and grains in a big way. I was in class this afternoon and started feeling light headed so i had to each my emergency Kashi granola bar (not local) but I felt it necessary to make through 3 more hours of class. I need to figure out my snack situation. So after class I went on my second foraging expedition! I found a lot of great food today and I am feeling a bit more optimistic! Zach turned me on to Sherman Market (22 Union Sq, Somerville, MA) which was so great! The guy who was working was very helpful and whipped out his laptop to help me look up how far away places were. I even got to try a couple cheese samples! What I got- - Stoned Wheat Crackers from Hingham, MA- 21 miles -Flour!!!! from Aurora Mills and farms in Linneus, ME - 368 miles (I was desperate for flour but should have known better) -Oats from Aurora Mill and Farm in Linneus, ME - 368 miles -Butter!! from High Lawn Farm in Lee, MA - 121 miles (DAMN i was so pumped on this) -Mesclun Greens from Red Tire Farms in Granby, MA - 84 miles -Apples from Lunenburg, MA - 43.7 miles -Onion from Whately, MA - 107 miles -Smoked Sea Salt from Maine Salt Company in Marshfield, ME - 326 miles (I figured salt from maine was better than salt from god knows where) -Baguette of bread from Brookline, MA - 2 miles -BEANS!!! from Baer's Best in South Hamilton, MA - 22.8 miles - carrots - I forgot to write down where these were from but the guy looked it up for me. -Whole Wheat Bread from Nashoba Slow Rise Breads in Concord, MA - 20 miles. I was surprised at how small the store was at first but everything was local and I found so many good things! That brings me to what I have been thinking about with "local". I think I need to do some more research and thinking into what local is. The guy I was talking to asked me why the arbitrary number on 100 miles? I didn't have a great a...
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Date Found: July 16, 2011
Date Produced: February 03, 2010
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