{"id":113193,"date":"2019-12-19T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-didnt-buy-any-food-for-a-year-and-im-healthier-than-ive-ever-been\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T14:06:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T07:06:59","slug":"i-didnt-buy-any-food-for-a-year-and-im-healthier-than-ive-ever-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-didnt-buy-any-food-for-a-year-and-im-healthier-than-ive-ever-been\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn't buy any food for a year – and I'm healthier than I've ever been"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRob Greenfield gardened, fished and foraged to eat more sustainably and encourage others to do the same. But to succeed, he needed the communityFor the last year I grew and foraged 100% of my food. No grocery stores, no restaurants, not even a drink at a bar. Nature was my garden, my pantry and my pharmacy.Most people would imagine I live in the countryside on a farm, but actually I live in a city; Orlando, Florida, a few miles from the centre. When I arrived here, I didn\u2019t own any land, so in order to grow my food I met people in the neighbourhood and turned their lawns into gardens and shared the bounty of food with them. I\u2019m a big believer in the philosophy \u201cgrow food, not lawns\u201d. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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