How far does my food travel?

Well, my journey into the vegetable boxes didn't really work out, which is a shame.  I was quite excited when the veg box arrived, but, unfortunately, I didn't feel that the vegetables were as fresh as I was expecting and didn't last as long as the veggies I normally buy when I go shopping.  This meant that it I didn't feel the extra cost I would incur by using this method was worth it.  It also made me realise just how much I like picking my own food rather than relying on someone else.

So, I've gone back to buying my own food fresh from the shops.  Now the biggest problem is making sure that I buy organic where I can, and that I get food that is grown as close to home as possible.  With that in mind, I've decided to keep an eye on which countries my food comes from (which I'll keep a log of in the food miles tab) and reduce it untill every item of food I buy is, at the very most, from the uk.  This will give me the time to adapt my meals to the food that is actually available to me. 

One major problem I have noticed already, though, items like my tinned beans only have information on where the products where packaged, not year they where grown.  A good push to move to only fresh products I think.  This little journey might take a bit longer than I first thought.