I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, mainly because this is an initiative co-ordinated by the husband of a friend of mine, and I love what they are doing. A group of people in Fife are aiming to eat food only produced in Fife. I have to say that my first thought was, ‘oh that won’t be too hard, there are loads of great food producers in Fife’. In fact I think sometimes I am on a simplified version of the Fife diet as most of my favourite stalls at our farmer’s market are from Fife.

The reality is of course is that it’s not that easy, whilst you can make a great stir fry from Fife vegetables, as far as I am aware, there are no rice fields there, although you could make your own noodles. The group have set up a Fife Diet blog, and it makes absolutely fascinating reading, especially learning what they’ve all been eating (my stomach is rumbling). The key to eating this way is organisation, freezing up batches of food etc and thinking outside the (veggie) box a little.

Even if you don’t feel able to undertake such an endeavour at this time, it’s worth having a think about how you can cut down your food miles. Learn more about your local producers (if you are in Fife there is a list on the blog). I’m keen to use our local city farm more, with it being almost round the corner we could only cut down miles further by growing our own, and we don’t have the room to do that. If you’ve never visited your city farm, go and have a look, they are not just for children and you might find some delicious vegetables to take away.

Good luck to everyone doing the Fife diet, it’s a fantastic project.