One year ago, Carla Crownover kissed grocery stores goodbye.
She had just seen Food, Inc.,Participant Media’s documentary on the seedy underbelly of the food industry, and she wanted nothing to do with the conventional food system that feeds the majority of Americans.
She pledged to abstain from grocery stores for 365 days and to go on a quest to find out where all the food she eats comes from. The end result? “I’ve learned a lot,” she told readers on her blog, Austin Urban Gardens.
TakePart caught up with Crownover recently, fresh after her one-year mark, to learn more about what it’s like to live off the food grid.
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Published on February 17, 2011