Think gobble, eat local

From: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME | Date: November 17, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

In terms of sustainability, the first Thanksgiving was, by all accounts, exemplary.

For starters, the veggies were all harvested in the fields of Plymouth - and the four wild turkeys of lore were obviously free range. Though the colonists' wheat and barley crops didn't fare so well, according to the folks at Pilgrim Hall museum, the corn was exceptional because Squanto (aka Tisquantum) taught them to sow the seeds in hills and fertilize them with fish.

It wasn't certified organic, but you get the picture.

It would appear the only imported thing at the feast were the Pilgrims. And they used ...

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