Urbana residents ate only food grown within 100 miles of C-U

URBANA – Growing up, Julie Zielinski never gave much thought to the food she ate. She figured sustenance came mainly from supermarkets.

In recent years, though, she and her boyfriend, Eric Wilson – both food enthusiasts and environmentalists – have seriously considered what they eat, where it comes from and who grows it. Their interest runs so deep that they spent the month of September eating only food grown within a 100-mile radius of Champaign-Urbana.

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