> [!Define] Locally Real Food is: >Endemic cuisine within the provisions of a localized reality. > [!example] Somewhat contemporarily: > Locally real food is Solarpunk+Permaculture. > [!abstract] Presently: >Grains, game, greens, fruits, roots, shoots, shrooms, seeds, nuts, dairy, eggs, meat, seafood, honey, tree syrups, animal fats, fish & fowl, plus many spices and herbs. > >>[!warning]- For now, this is written strictly within the scope of rural-Vancouver. >We're 49 degrees North. Many of us forget it. Because we're stupid.^[![[Carlo Cipolla Law of Stupidity.webp|200]]] > >>[!check]- Grown & gathered in our neighbourhoods, gardens, and farms.^[Within a measure of distance sensible for the required resolution.] >> >>Food which has been transported beyond it's own localized reality is a thing that can be here today, but can just as easily never be again. With nothing that can be done of consequence or sense by those who suddenly find themselves lacking. >> >>There is little wrong in theory with taking part in the plenty that passes through our ports, but that food isn't locally real. It's ephemeral. Merely being seen as more solid through our modernly augmented lens. An accident of trade. This ephemeral food can't sustain sustainably. Leaving it an addiction, and likely a treacherous ally. >> >>Sure, buying sugar is fine. But relying on sugar is foolish. Though you can bet that I'm still going to be buying the finest imported olive oils and other ephemeral foods. This isn't a lecture. Rather it is our reality. Hence, locally **real** food. An observance of our responsibilities.