Backyard Aquaponics
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Has anyone is australia (pref. perth) tried the 100 mile diet? it is a sustainable solution that attempts to source all food from within 100 miles of your home. I was just wondering is anyone has done it succesfully in such a large country

Might be hard to do it totally, but should be able to supplement a large percentage of your diet for local food.

If you buy local veg, local meat, local olive oil, etc, you can cover a lot of the basics. Some harder ones in a place like Perth would be rice, flour, and other things that just don't grow locally, bananas, pineapples etc.

I guess these are the things you would have to give up as part of the diet. You may be able to buy a bag of wheat from a farmer within 100 miles of Perth.

If you could cheat a little and perhaps make it a 200 or 300 mile diet considering we are the most remote capital city in the world, you might just be able to do it.

Here are some links to W.A. growers and suppliers http://slowfoodperth.org.au/producers/

Love the look of this place, http://www.spencersbrookfarm.com.au they are out near York. 1/4 of an organic, free range pig for $175 sounds like good value.



Or these guys http://merribeeorganicfarm.net.au/index.html they sell a range of organic produce.

yeh they sell at claremont markets every sat morn
thanks for the websites