Would you take my "Locavore Challenge"?

[KurtNYC]

I am getting ready to sponsor campaign to encourage more people to eat locally grown food. One thing we have come up with is the idea of a "locavore challenge."

To participate you would set your own perimeter (50 miles, 20, 100 miles) and for 2 weeks try to eat nothing but food which was produced in that area. We would support participants by supplying a list of local farms and producers which is sorted by their distance from us. It would be kind of like a 5K -- good for you even if you don't "win."

We are thinking that you would just register, get the list and go to it, free. The "winner" would be the person or family who is able to eat well while using the fewest total food miles (or highest percentage of their diet from the nearest sources). We want to create an easy way for people to document their performance. The winner would get $100 worth of credit at our farmer's market (I'm paying). And we would share success stories on who did well and how they did it.

Any thoughts, reactions or ideas would be appreciated. We are still brainstorming for how and whether this would work and how to make it more appealing or effective.

[zipplewrath]

1. maybe if it was explained how

You're trying to get a bunch of people to figure out how to accomplish this. Using your 5K metaphore, that's a bit like running a 5K where you expect them to figure out a path. Maybe if you publish 2 weeks of "recipes" or something explaining how people can "do this for a week" or something to have the experience.

[KurtNYC]

2. Thanks. That's a good idea

A week of menus maybe.

[Throd]

3. That would be a red wine and steak diet (EL Dorado County, CA)

I think I can do red wine and steak for two weeks.