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100-Mile Diet

100-Mile Diet

This wildly successful series written by J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith details their commitment to only eat food produced within a 100 mile radius of their home.

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In This Series

Living on the 100-Mile Diet

Living on the 100-Mile Diet

Eating a truly local diet for a year poses some tricky questions. First in a series.

Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon / 28 Jun 2005


Wanted: A Perfectly Local Chicken

Wanted: A Perfectly Local Chicken

For a truly sustainable breakfast, which comes first? The tofu or the egg?

Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon / 13 Jul 2005


A Local Eating Rhapsody

A Local Eating Rhapsody

Why not try a 100-Mile Meal? Third in a series.

J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith / 27 Jul 2005


Why We Pay Too Little for Well Travelled Food

Why We Pay Too Little for Well Travelled Food

Charging the true cost of "food miles" could change the way people eat. Fourth in a series

Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon / 12 Aug 2005


The 100-Mile Diet Goes North

The 100-Mile Diet Goes North

Wish you were here.

J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith / 23 Aug 2005


In Praise of the Lowly Pink Salmon

In Praise of the Lowly Pink Salmon

The 100-Milers pursue guilt-free fish for the winter stockpile.

Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon / 9 Sep 2005


Getting Canned

Getting Canned

The 100-Mile dieters stock up, and wish for a legion of grandmas.

J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith / 29 Sep 2005


Thanksgiving on the 100-Mile Diet

Thanksgiving on the 100-Mile Diet

Friends in Vernon take to heart the ideals of local feasting.

Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon / 10 Oct 2005


With the Grain on the 100-Mile Diet

With the Grain on the 100-Mile Diet

Stalking barley and wheat, some of it 9,000 years old.

J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith / 2 Dec 2005


The Incredible Expanding 100-Mile Diet

The Incredible Expanding 100-Mile Diet

No, we're not gaining weight. We're gaining allies.

J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith / 25 Jan 2006


End of Road for 100-Mile Diet?

End of Road for 100-Mile Diet?

In search of a happy ending for our local eating sojourn.

Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon / 25 Apr 2006


Local Eating's Unlikely Capital

Local Eating's Unlikely Capital

Devoted Powell River shrinks the 100-Mile Diet to fit its isolation.

J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith / 8 Aug 2006


100-Mile Diet's Winter Menu

100-Mile Diet's Winter Menu

For 'locavores,' year-round farmers' markets and easy recipes.

Jeff Nield / 3 Nov 2006


100-Mile Chef Doesn't Have Cold Feet

100-Mile Chef Doesn't Have Cold Feet

BC's first totally local mid-winter restaurant menu.

Jeff Nield / 30 Nov 2006


100-Mile Diet: Hand Picked from the Blog

100-Mile Diet: Hand Picked from the Blog

'Food mile' foibles. And eating beluga whales.

J.B. MacKinnon and Alisa Smith / 7 May 2007