So You Wanna Do More?
Not content with just getting by? Go hardcore.

1. Co-op-eration
Organize a local food coop or farmers market in your area. This will provide people in the area a convenient and readily available source of local food, plus help support area farmers.

2. Think like a squirrel
Purchase extra fruits during the summer and practice drying and canning them. Then they will be available year-round, even when they're not in season.

3. Cooking with the sun
Solar ovens really work, even with dim sun. They can cook a huge variety of foods and don t require any fuel other than our friendly local stellar nuclear reactor. What s more, the basic design is so simple, most do-it-yourselfers can make one for very low cast. (Some ovens we've covered in the past are here, here, here, and here.)

4. The 100-Mile Diet
For many, eating local is a novel concept. The 100-mile diet is an idea that challenges people to source food from within a hundred mile radius of where they live. The idea has even caught on among restaurateurs and comes in website form, too. Also see the TreeHugger 100-Mile Thanksgiving Challenge.

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