The 100 Mile Meal

By The Environment... on Wednesday, November 22, 2006.
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When New Hampshire families and friends sit down to their Thanksgiving dinners tomorrow, most of the ingredients for that meal will have traveled over a thousand miles to get to the table.

And because it travels such distances, the food we buy can have a big impact on the environment.

But a movement is growing across the country that encourages people to look for local ingredients for their meals.

Dustin Dwyer tried to find out how practical that could be as he prepared for his Thanksgiving feast:

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