http://localkitchener.ca/2013/10/my-locavore-dream/ Local Food and Drink Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:58:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 http://localkitchener.ca/2013/10/my-locavore-dream/#comment-429 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 12:42:54 +0000 https://localkitchener.wordpress.com/?p=1287#comment-429 I think you’re totally right, Vickie! There are all sorts of regulations that are supposed to be in the name of public health but are more often than not just outdated or lacking good reevaluation and discussion. Often it seems like the only way for people to get around them is like you’re saying, to know a grower or grow it/raise it themselves. Anyways, I’ll keep dreaming and voting with my dollars….

]]> http://localkitchener.ca/2013/10/my-locavore-dream/#comment-428 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:03:48 +0000 http://localkitchener.wordpress.com/?p=1287#comment-428 Thanks, Laura. I think when it comes to things like spices and such we just accept that some aspects of globalization are totally awesome and bring us amazing foods and flavours that we otherwise would never experience. I’m glad to hear that you guys down under can find some good local foods too, you certainly have plenty of good local wine I bet!

]]> http://localkitchener.ca/2013/10/my-locavore-dream/#comment-427 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:30:34 +0000 http://localkitchener.wordpress.com/?p=1287#comment-427 Wouldn’t that be wonderful. We need to find ways to make the dreams into reality. Of course, there isn’t a perfect world out there – but we can sure try to make it one! I think a lot of food problems – beyond the nonlocal/shipped from who knows where – tend to be with rules and regulations. Did you know I can’t buy raw almonds in California! Luckily I know a few almond farmers. I would also like to find a goat farmer, because I would like to have some unpasturized milk to make cheese, which is apparently illegal to sell! The good thing about this, however, is that I will find local farmers/ranchers and not just go to the grocery store where the goat milk may have come from 300 (or more) miles away!

]]> http://localkitchener.ca/2013/10/my-locavore-dream/#comment-426 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:08:10 +0000 http://localkitchener.wordpress.com/?p=1287#comment-426 Great post Jon. I share the dream!!! I’d also love to live on a little plot of land where I can grow my own fruit and vegetables whilst tending to a few chickens… possibly a cow, haha. Very far from my present existence in a tiny third floor apartment, just outside of the big smoke here in Perth. We get a pretty even split between imports and locally produced goods here. I shop locally as much as possible but I do have an obsession with spices, most of which aren’t produced here in Australia (like you stated, I go for fairtrade and sustainable options). Fingers crossed that we may see these dreams actualized one day!

]]> http://localkitchener.ca/2013/10/my-locavore-dream/#comment-425 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:19:02 +0000 http://localkitchener.wordpress.com/?p=1287#comment-425 Hey Hilda,
That sounds awesome! Someone else had recommended Verjus but I haven’t found it in any store around here yet. I’ll check out your post, and I know where some sumac is…. Thanks!

]]> http://localkitchener.ca/2013/10/my-locavore-dream/#comment-424 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:17:24 +0000 http://localkitchener.wordpress.com/?p=1287#comment-424 I enjoyed your account of a dream community where the word locavore is not required. You are right that even in this part of the world (I am in E. Ont.) there are many overlooked sources of food. You might be interested in my powdered sumac recipe which I have been using in place of lemons at . Always on the lookout for local substitutes for exotic imports.

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