I have been working on evaluating the miles traveled for this meal and I've decided it's impossible. But I can get it down to the bulk items, some of the spices...yeah I'm not going there. So, here's the run down.
Turkey- Rocky Ridge Ranch- Reardan WA to Spokane WA 23.6 mi Spokane to Cheney 17.7 miles. The birds traveled a total of 41.3 miles
Milk- Spokane Family Farms 34 miles from Cheney WA
Cream- Straus Family Creamery 886 miles from Cheney
Bread (for stuffing) made by me from Montana Milling in Great Falls MT. 375 miles
Cranberries- organic from Northern Cali. Probably similar in miles of Straus Cramery so lets just say 886 miles. I need to find a cranberry bog like Mr. H!
Misc. Incalculable's
pepper
salt
poultry seasoning
butter-costco organic (I did't get a chance with this shoulder, to make my own)
Garden Goods (From our garden)
Squash
Potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Celery
Sage
Thyme
I could have reduced the miles traveled of the cream and the milk by getting it raw from our very local country market. And I probably would have if it weren't for the snow and the shoulder stuff. So next year we'll have about 900 miles less on our total. Wheat for bread I struggle with, no one local grows it organically so I am forced to purchase it regionally. I'd say minus the cranberries and cream we did pretty good. The bulk of the meal was kept under 50 miles! Still, room for improvement but a good job overall.
I love Spokane Family Farms. You can wait til their milk starts to separate and take the cream off and make a really delicious butter! Also good luck on Mr. H! His secrets are vast and powerful. His blog rocks, thanks for showing us!
ReplyDeleteThere are also a few smaller farms doing organic wheat on the Palouse. I have seen a few post on the CL.
We are so happy to have finally found a great place just down the road to get our very own "real" cows milk too and with any luck will also be able to make our own butter soon.
ReplyDeleteMost of our grain products come from Azure Standard in Oregon. The prices are fair but they are a bit unreliable so I might have to check into Montana Milling one of these days.
I will have to try and tell you and Mike where this bog is located one of these days...it's a bit tricky to get to though depending upon the water levels in late summer.
Mike- I've seen the CL posts about wheat, but I don't have a grain mill. I need to get one, then problem solved!
ReplyDeleteMr.H- Jealous, that's one thing I would love to find is someone to trade maybe veggies for milk... who knows. I ordered the Montana Milling wheat from Azure standard the first time, just to try it out.
I would love to come see the blog in the flesh, a worthy and awesome summer road trip!