The Locavore's Guide

… or reading recommendation #3

And yes, this is a book I had noted on my high-priority reading list (along with the great but environmentally unfriendly and awesome Hunger Games series) …
So before getting to the heart of the matter (the book), a few words about the author. Anne-Sophie Novel (who needs no introduction) founded THE must-read site EcoloInfo.com, plus on her Twitter (@SoAnn), her tweets are more captivating than the last, and always green!
Anyway, the locavore guide, what I thought of it… well, it’s my second "eco" book after No Impact Man, and it’s completely different… We go from a book where you think you’re not doing much, to another that opens your eyes to everything you can do…

In the first part, even if you consume locally, and get supplies from AMAPs, I learned a lot, especially the concept of virtual water, something I had never heard of before… a little reminder about GMOs, labels, pesticides...
Personally, I try at my humble level to go local, certainly not entirely local, but I’m going to start applying the Marco Polo exception, which is 80% local, 20% non-local but Fair Trade (and organic) like cocoa, tea, chocolate, otherwise I think I'll die!!! And the goal is precisely to do something with desire and not as a constraint…
Saying "eat seasonally" is now almost normal, probably thanks to Nicolas Hulot's good campaign with "strawberries in spring", and what's the point of eating strawberries in the middle of winter that would be full of CO2 and, above all, tasteless...

For the 160 km² (100 miles) constraint, I opted, as advised, for Alisa Smith and J.B MacKinnon's road map and compass technique, so the impact point is Saint-Chamond…

Here are the 10 locavore commandments (not from Moses, mind you…)
1. You shall limit your food miles
2. You shall frequent AMAPs and markets
3. You shall eat seasonally
4. You shall favor organic
5. You shall cook homemade meals
6. You shall cultivate a garden
7. You shall cultivate the time of flavors
8. You shall support the local economy
9. You shall prefer eco-tourism
10. You shall constantly question yourself
And to that, we add 11: You shall wear Peau-Ethique lingerie

This book is full of tips and good tricks and, above all, it is neither boring to read nor "preachy." For €12.90, it's a good investment for a new open-mindedness!

Otherwise, there's the site where, as Anne-Sophie says, you can find all the GEMS :)

I know everyone talked about the book before us, but at Peau-Ethique, we had already used the term "locavore" and that was over a year ago, yeah!!!

++ EcoloInfo
++ Locavore'Spirit
++ 100 Mile Diet