近几年，我们餐桌上的很多东西都经历了安全危机。好像一时之间，很多东西都不能吃了，可是不吃这些，你又能吃什么呢？于是，家里有条件的人们开始动手自己种菜了，阳台和小区的花园都成了蔬菜水果种植基地。这样的“自产绿色食品”倒是很健康，可是有多少人能真正受益呢？

100-foot diet is a diet that consists mostly or exclusively of food grown in one's garden.

100-foot diet指餐桌上的食物大部分或者全部来自于自家花园产出的作物，称为“自产绿色食品”。

The 100-foot diet emphasizes on reducing one's carbon footprint by growing most of the food you consume closer to home, the distance from the garden to your dinner table is within 100 feet. With health and affordability in mind, more people are taking the plunge and are growing their own fruits and vegetables.

“自产绿色食品”强调通过在家门口种植食材来减少碳足迹，从种植食材的花园到餐桌的距离一般不超过100英尺。现在越来越多的人从健康和经济的角度出发，开始自己动手种植蔬菜水果。

Major benefits of 100-foot diet include:

以下为“自产绿色食品”的好处：

1. Eat more nutritious food, which leads to better health

食品更有营养，有益身体健康

2. Reduce your exposure to unwanted, toxic pesticides

减少接触农药的几率

3. Increased food security

食品更加安全

4. Reduce excessive packaging

减少过度包装

5. Become independent of corporate food systems

不再依赖大众食品系统

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