1. I no longer keep pop/soda at home (for my own consumption). That is, no more 12 packs or 2 liter bottles of Diet Coke in the house. I DO still but fountain drinks regularly when out of the house.
2. Everyone is drinking WAY more water!
3. The water being consumed in #2 is NOT coming from single-serve plastic bottles. We’re all about the cups/glasses, BPA-free reusable plastic, and stainless steel.
4. ALL chicken we buy is now organic/free-range/humanely raised. After watching “Food, Inc.” about how chickens are raised in CAFOs (concentrating animal feeding operations), we HAD to make this change (CAFO procedures are well-documented in other sources, lest you think one movie caused this shift for us).
5. All ground beef and ground turkey we now buy are organic/free-range/humanely raised. See #4 for why.
6. We try to buy as much organic produce as possible, and certainly make sure that we buy ONLY organic if the item is on the “Dirty Dozen” list. Click here for some info on this topic.
7. I make from scratch almost all of the bread we eat, including hamburger buns.
8. We cook dinner almost nightly, never order D*min*’s pizza, and rarely eat out unless for a special reason.
9. We participate weekly in a produce co-op, and now that the farmers’ market is open for the season, also shop there weekly.
10. We pay MUCH more ATTENTION to food – what is is, how it was grown/prepared, what the impact of eating it is, and WHY we’re choosing to eat it.
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That's the way to go. Do they have any Community Supported Agriculture farms there that you can get a weekly food box? We did that in Eugene, and it's the best shopping choice we've ever made. Strangely, we're having a really hard time finding organic, antibiotic-free, free-range beef and chicken in Boulder. Where do you buy it?
ReplyDeleteTam, check out this link - it might help you find some stores: http://www.organic.org/?page=list§ion=storefinder&action=store&statename=&state=CO
ReplyDeleteYes, there is an organic CSA here (Cricket Song Farms) that I have looked in to. They are $450 for a share (2 people), $600 for a "family" share. I could pull that off with a little planning, probably, but the Bountiful Baskets/weekly farmers' market is working okay for now.
We have "Natural Grocers" here, which is a Vitamin Cottage company. Also there is a local store called Dixie Nutrition. The Harmon's grocery store chain carries a fair amount of organic produce, dairy, and other products. Natural Grocers has a small selection of meats - we have gotten ground turkey and pork chops, and they have some other items also.
Amazingly, Costco has organic chicken (from Coleman: http://www.colemannatural.com/) in both breasts and whole chickens. We have been buying both regularly for a while now, and the quality has been great. We just bought some Dakota organic beef from Costco and will be eating for the first time tonight (http://www.dakotabeefcompany.com/). The only problem is that none of these meats are local... still using energy to transport them. :(
We don't have Whole Foods or Wild Oats in St. George, though I often go to both when I am in Salt Lake (well, no more Wild Oats there any more). On the rare occasion when I am in Vegas I try to make a point to go to Trader Joe's, which I soooooo miss from California!!!
And, there is also my garden... but the only thing coming out of it yet are herbs!