2. For the first time I was not that impressed with this section of the book, at least the first chapter. During the month of September, pretty much all they talked about was how there was an accident in the Cheakamus River. A Railway train rain off the tracks straight into the river dumping sodium hydroxide solution. This killed all the fish in the river system, which affected James and Alissa because they planned on eating those fish all winter. This section they mainly addressed history and other food crises that occurred. The next month, October, turned out to not be a bright one. James and Alissa were facing some major relationship issues. They have been together for 13 years, and the 100 Mile Diet was really pushing them to their limits with each other. No conclusion yet how their relationship will play out, so I will keep you posted. In November they started to learn what a hit they were becoming. People in France and Norway wanted their secrets, recipes, and wanted to hear them speak. Their blog was booming. And finally, they got flour. November had started another potato month with summer goodies fading away. The wheat they had gotten previously but weren't eating a lot of due to mouse poo had been infested with bugs so it was definitely a no go. It was heaven when they got flour.
3. In my chapter of a history lesson, I stumbled upon the word paleoecology. Paleoecology is the study of fossils and subfossils to determine past ecosystems. It actually sounds really interesting to me. Another new word I found was shuck. Simply put, a shuck is the husk of an ear of corn. I had never heard this term before though. Some significant things I learned about in this section include that they have been at this for 9 months and are actually doing it. One point that they make is that they had no idea some things were grown locally. I think this is the case with most people. They have no idea what their local environment actually has to offer. This is something all people should start to pay attention to.
4. I do not think it could be any more obvious how awesome what they are doing really is. They are living off the earth how it is intended to be. No processed foods, no shipping and transporting of goods, simply living on whatever nature provides for them at that given part of the year. I wish we could all take this and make a small step towards implementing this into our own lifestyles. As I pointed out in the beginning of the post, people all over the world were hearing about this 100 Mile Diet and were curious about it. Thus they wanted to learn more and try to be apart of it. Hopefully we can create a snowball effect with this. Someone tries it in a different area, and then they encourage someone else to, and they encourage another to, and so on. This is a way that we can have a real beneficial impact to our environment. I can only hope others catch on to this the advantages for themselves and the Earth.
