For one week, the T SBC and their English teacher Ms Pink lived according to the 100 mile diet – that means, we tried to only eat or drink things that grow, are harvested and produced within a range of 100 miles from where we live.
Only regional produce? In January? In the midst of a pandemic? Why on earth would we do that?
The idea behind it is to reduce our carbon foot print by not transporting food over long distances and avoiding water-intensive crops from monocultures destroying biological diversity. So for one week, it meant: goodbye coffee and chocolate, hello milk and honey.
Read on to find out about our experiences: