Locavore Dinner 1

Fish, Chips and Asparagus ~ 800kms

So for fun I thought we'd do a comparison of our meal and a grocery store equivalent meal.


Locavore Meal
Ontario Asparagus: let's say these came from Simcoe, ON 500kms
Pickerel: from Kirkland Lake, ON 300kms (and this travelled with us)
Potatoes: Blezard Valley, ON 5kms
Total = 805kms


Typical Grocery Store Meal
McCain Fries: Florenceville, NB 1400kms
Asparagus: Mexico 4000kms
Captain Highliner Fish Sticks: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia 2000kms
Total = 7400kms


The McCain and Captain Highliner numbers are just estimates because I can only find processing locations, not where they source their products, so the numbers are likely higher!


Food for thought, eh?

Shannon A.