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Hey Everyone!

Thanks for joining me in my journey to become a locavore!

I have had a long standing awareness of what I consume and where it comes from but I very rarely act upon it.  About two months ago the events in my life made me rethink my behavior in regards to what I put on and in my body.  I made the decision to consume locally for a number of reasons.  Environmentally, I am attracted to the idea of my food traveling a much shorter distance (or none at all) to get into my mouth.  Economically, buying things close to home is sometimes cheaper and the times that it is not I know that my Denver dollar is going to a Denver citizen and will be put back into my community.  A local diet makes me more physically conscience of what is going in my body, no more chemicals, no preservatives and additives.  I will become responsible for knowing where my food comes from and what else is in it before I enjoy it.

I decided on a goal of 75% Colorado food with the intention for most of it to be within 100 miles of where I live in Denver.

It was a little slow moving gettin' on the ball with all this but now that I have maintained some sort of homeostasis in my life I am ready to tackle all of the extra work and thought that goes into a diet like this.   Considering the restaurants I eat at before I hand them my dollars, finding local businesses with the same mindset, drinking Colorado beer.  You also better be ready cause we're gonna do all sorts of crap we never thought we would learn how to do.  Making cheese, canning, pickling, making yogurt and ice cream - just consider this a novice's guide to urban homesteading and local grubbing!