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THE VANCOUVER ISLAND DIETAn Island Solution to the 100 Mile DietThe Vancouver Island Diet Website. Click here to find local producers of many different kinds of food and value added products grown and made right here on the Island!"Food Security" means that all members of our society have access to enough food at all times. The food must be nutritious, sufficient, safe and environmentally sustainable. Presently on Vancouver Island, we do not have food security. 90% of our food is brought in from the outside. There are 6 food banks in the Cowichan Valley alone. There are many schools which have had to institute food programs for the students. There are only 3 days' worth of fresh food on the Island to feed its populace in the non-summer months. Should the price of fuel continue to rise the way it has, we could find ourselves being priced out of the ability to pay for such exotic items as Idaho Potatoes.. "The Hundred Mile Diet" has become popular recently, but for us island dwellers, 100 miles would put us into the Fraser Valley, Bellingham and Port Angeles. Therefore we prefer to discuss the Vancouver Island Diet, or "the Island Diet." The Vancouver Island Diet means not only eating food produced on the island (by becoming a locavor), but supporting our local farmers, fishers and food producers by providing them with a decent livelihood. It means taking the trouble to seek out producers of all kinds of products that we use on a daily basis and making the very political decision to shop locally. It means asking the managers of local stores to clearly label where foods and products are from the Island. |
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