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Originally Posted by Sightseek
About the only thing I've found decent in Virginia is that there are some really great farms that raise their cattle and chickens by pasture and free-range (one of them was that guy in Food, Inc. http://www.relayfoods.com/Catalog?ve...=PFR&ref=thumb). I'm just really bad at planning my groceries ahead of time...
There is a company that started up in the Richmond/Charlottesville area that seems interesting -- they are trying to become the one source where the local farms can sell their foods and people can either pick them up at one place or have them delivered. http://www.relayfoods.com/About/Overview |
Grocery shopping for me is pretty easy. I'm all about simplicity.
My typical week of food consists of venison I got myself, local pork, local beef and seafood. Lately I've been getting super fresh scallops for $3.95 a pound, mussels for $2.50 a pound, oysters from 42 to 65 cents each, monkfish, sockeye salmon from Alaska, etc, at least three times a week. Of all of that, only the sockeye is not local. OH, I still have that wild shrimp in the freezer, that I paid $1 a pound for.
I go to the supermarket for bananas. Gotta have my cheap potassium.
I get raw goat milk and chicken eggs down the street, but now that I have geese, ducks and chickens, it won't be too long before I never have to buy eggs.
Veggies? I think you get more bang for your buck, both caloric and nutrient wise, from good meat, but when I want veggies, I go to the farmers market, or join a CSA.
It's pretty easy!!!!