Why should a peak oil group be interested in the 100 Mile Diet? Because fossil fuels are intimately involved in our food supply. Most of the food in the supermarket is shipped here from hundreds, even thousands of miles away. Check this out for yourself the next time you're in the supermarket. Peak oil/natural gas means expensive and/or scarce oil and natural gas with attendant disruptions in the price and supply of materials derived from those fuels. Modern agriculture uses fossil fuels for making fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides. Oil is used in working the farm and shipping the food to processors and supermarkets.

By eating local food, we reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and help protect ourselves from disruptions in our food supply.

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