Headed Toward Sustainability

[errantember]

One of the many benefits of switching to a Paleo diet is that it's now possible for me to get up early enough to go to the farmer's market more often. I got a Costco card as a gift, and used the discounts it offered me to try out Paleo on a limited budget. It's been great for that, but while Costco is certainly more environmentally conscious than, say, Sam's Club, it's still part of the Big Box problem, with product being shipped thousands of miles to get there. Now that I know that Paleo eating is here to stay, where I can I'm looking for local sources of Paleo food. So this morning, I hopped on my shitty mountain bike and headed down to Sunset Valley, a few miles away. I got pastured pork loin ($8 lb), some chicken legs($3.75 lb), acorn squash ($2 lb.) and some heirloom tomatoes ($2 lb.)

I'm also proud to announce that our household now has a 15 cu. ft. deep freeze I got from Craigslist, and we are coordinating with several other buyers to buy pastured meat in bulk.

Comments

[kulilinei.livejournal.com]

If you need any more people to go in on the pastured meat, please let us know. :)

[worldmegan.livejournal.com]

@kulilinei: Dude, the more the better! I'm finishing up my farm research this week and calling a few different places, so I will report back with information / prices and things soon!

@errantember: $8/lb pastured pork loin! I wish I had remembered the farmer's market this morning. Adding it to my calendar now (duh). I may try to catch the one at Community Renaissance Market tomorrow, too (10-4!) if I can. REALLY looking forward to buying more of my food at farmer's markets instead of Central Market, which I constantly feel is trying to trick me into buying something that is not what it looks like it is... 0.o