8/2 Whole Life Wednesday

Jessie B and Jessie K looking strong upside down! 
It's Whole Life Wednesday! This week's challenge is to eat one meal per day that is 100% locally sourced. This will be very easy if you're taking the Bozeman Locavore Challenge. If you're not, you can still be a Locavore for the next week! 
The rules are simple:

• Every day, for the next 7 days, eat one meal where the protein and carbohydrates are grown or produced from within 100 miles of Bozeman. You get a free pass on fats since we don't have any oil, nut or avocado farms in Montana. 

I think eating locally is important because our current industrial food system is not sustainable because it requires too much energy. Did you know it takes an average of 10 fossil-fuel calories to produce one calorie of food energy? About a quarter of America’s greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to how we grow, process and transport food. On average, our food travels 1,500 miles before it reaches our plate.
Eating locally has so many personal and environmental health benefits. You might find that by eating locally you consume more fresh whole fruits and vegetables. You will probably eat less processed foods because so much processed food is made somewhere else.
I hope you have fun, eat well and enjoy the amazing summer abundance of the Gallatin Valley. Cheers and Bon Appetit!
If you'd like to join our Bozeman Locavore Challenge, click on the image below. 

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