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Green team – keep’n it local to the end (sort of) in Fiji

April 21, 2015 – 6:00 am |

By Jizzy Green, Katikati, Bay of Plenty
Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in the Happyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Note: Jizzy and her partner Mike will be eating local …

Permaculture Design Course challenges Christine on her Eat Local mission – ironically

April 21, 2015 – 4:00 am | 3 Comments

Christine Paris is eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in the Happyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Week 3
I had another challenging week – which is mostly as others have …

Banqueting Local Style – with Sarah the Gardener and Her Reluctant Diggers

April 20, 2015 – 3:49 pm |

By Sarah O’Neil of team ‘Sarah the Gardener and her Reluctant Diggers’ – based in Waikato.

Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in the Happyzine Eat Local …

Green Team – Eating Local at the Temple

April 20, 2015 – 3:47 pm |

By Jizzy Green, Katikati, Bay of Plenty
Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in the Happyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Note: Jizzy and her partner Mike will be eating local …

She’s loving the people behind the local food, but she’s stumped on breakfasts.

April 17, 2015 – 12:10 pm | One Comment

Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local Challenge.
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Green team: Day 12 and 13

April 17, 2015 – 11:00 am |

By Jizzy Green, Katikati, Bay of Plenty
Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Note: Jizzy and her partner Mike will be eating local …

Markets bring the story of the food into focus for Eat Local participant

April 16, 2015 – 7:09 pm | One Comment

By Jana Harrison of team ‘Janabanana’, Auckland
Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local Challenge.
To market, to market, to buy ….lots of yummy …

A few rare eggs adds 25000 km of food miles to her meal

April 16, 2015 – 7:06 pm |

By Natacha Lee, Gisborne 
Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Well, the chocolate was always going to be my downfall. We were …

Eating local brings a tummy bug to Sarah the Gardener and her Reluctant Diggers

April 16, 2015 – 5:20 pm |

By Sarah O’Neil of team ‘Sarah the Gardener and her Reluctant Diggers’ – based in Waikato.

Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local …

Green team: Day 9 and 10 Eat Local Challenge

April 15, 2015 – 7:11 am |

By Jizzy Green, Katikati, Bay of Plenty
They are Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Note: Jizzy and her partner Mike will be …

The hunger of eating local sets in, and here’s how Mel from Tukurua deals with it

April 15, 2015 – 6:00 am | One Comment

By Melanie Walker, Tukurua
Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in the Happyzine Eat Local Challenge.
 

I’m hungrier.  Between meals. When all the food is made from scratch …

Here’s why Natacha Lee is deeply grateful for her local farmer’s market

April 15, 2015 – 6:00 am |

By Natacha Lee, Gisborne 
They are Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local Challenge.
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Not everyone has a garden to supply them with their …

Why eating local means supermarket visits are easy (for Hayley)

April 15, 2015 – 5:03 am |

By Hayley Gale, Pohara, Golden Bay

Hayley and her partner Steve are Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in the Happyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Supermarket shopping has never …

Ashley ponders the great smoothie ingredient dilemma in the Kiwi Eat Local Challenge

April 14, 2015 – 4:33 pm |

By Ashley Scott of team ‘Eats in the Bay.
Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local Challenge.

So this is day four of the …

Four uses for localy grown apple at Carrie’s place in Uruwhenua

April 14, 2015 – 4:27 pm |

 

An afternoon of gathering apples from our neighbours apple trees.  We have dried them with cinnamon, stewed them, eaten them whole and used them as a yummy sauce for roast pork.
It was a lovely visit to our …

Christine and her cat face challenges as they eat local for 30 days

April 13, 2015 – 11:22 am |

Christine Paris is eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in the Happyzine Eat Local Challenge.

Sam the cat and I had a slip this week.
Sam ran out …

Green team: Day 5 and 6 Eat Local Challenge

April 13, 2015 – 10:25 am |

By Jizzy Green, Katikati, Bay of Plenty
They are Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Note: Jizzy and her partner Mike will be …

Green TeamL Day 7 and 8 Eat Local Challenge

April 13, 2015 – 9:26 am |

By Jizzy Green, Katikati, Bay of Plenty
They are Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in theHappyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Note: Jizzy and her partner Mike will be …

Green Team – Eat Local Challenge Day 3 and 4

April 13, 2015 – 8:23 am |

They are Kiwis eating food grown and produced within a 200 km radius for 30 days of April in the Happyzine Eat Local Challenge.
Note: Jizzy and her partner Mike will be eating local in Fiji …

Meet the Happyzine Eat Local Challenge participants!

April 10, 2015 – 6:30 pm |

So this is it – the beginning of the Happyzine Eat Local Challenge (here are the official guidelines) where people try to eat food grown and sourced within a 200 km radius for 30 days …

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