100 mile breakfast

on january 11, libby davies, MP for vancouver east, will hold a breakfast with food grown only within 100 miles of vancouver. (time, location - go here)

my involvement with the environmental movement has been spotty. but i've done a little bit (including working for greenpeace for a few years, and writing a column about environmental issues for a small independent newspaper years ago). on the other hand, it's been, what, over 10 years ago that i decided i wanted to eat only organically grown meat, coming from animals who had a relatively good existence before giving up their life for me - and i still haven't done that. so - yeah, spotty.

one of the things i've been thinking about a lot is all the transportation that happens in order to get the simplest things - ketchup, pasta, bread.  it's mindboggling when you imagine it.  the environmental cost of most of the food we get is phenomenally larger than the monetary cost.  i saw that when i checked up on my ecological footprints. 

so when there is an opportunity to get a little inspiration to do more for the environment, i'm grateful for it. that's why i'm going to that breakfast.