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Kathy and I have decided to go as completely local as possible next week and see how it works out. We'll be making our first purchase from Local Foods Plymouth once it is open for buying again early next week. This site is a cooperative effort between a local farm commune and a local renewable energy group to allow local residents to purchase foods from local farms online with credit card and then pick up the goods from the farmers market. You get the convenience of online shopping with the benefit of supporting the local farmers and economy, reducing the carbon footprint of your groceries and getting great tasting, farm-fresh foods.
We'll be purchasing all of our produce from Longview Farm, the same farmstand we've been stopping at on the way home lately. Our friend R. who works maintenance at the laundry has his own chickens and he'll be supplying us with eggs. We'll use Local Foods Plymouth for meats and dairy, as well as the occasional produce that we can't get at Longview. We'll likely be buying Kathy's morning bagels from the local bagel shop. They make their own bagels in the shop and while I know they have their supplies trucked in and all, they're the only local source for bagels made from scratch in town and they're good. We'll still be supporting local business, which is good. I figure we can get the rest of our goods from Peppercorn, the local natural foods store. We're also very fortunate to have a deer farm right in Plymouth so when we have enough money we're likely going to purchase a bunch of venison from Bonnie Brae Farms and also purchase a bunch of bison, ostrich and other eccentric meats from The Healthy Buffalo.
"Open-air markets are essentially expressions of economic democracy where there is no latent fear of any single vendor dominating the market and forcing others out of business. Merchandise quality, service, price, etc. are the main factors determining survival and success, which is as it should be." - Richard Leader
We'll be purchasing all of our produce from Longview Farm, the same farmstand we've been stopping at on the way home lately. Our friend R. who works maintenance at the laundry has his own chickens and he'll be supplying us with eggs. We'll use Local Foods Plymouth for meats and dairy, as well as the occasional produce that we can't get at Longview. We'll likely be buying Kathy's morning bagels from the local bagel shop. They make their own bagels in the shop and while I know they have their supplies trucked in and all, they're the only local source for bagels made from scratch in town and they're good. We'll still be supporting local business, which is good. I figure we can get the rest of our goods from Peppercorn, the local natural foods store. We're also very fortunate to have a deer farm right in Plymouth so when we have enough money we're likely going to purchase a bunch of venison from Bonnie Brae Farms and also purchase a bunch of bison, ostrich and other eccentric meats from The Healthy Buffalo.
"Open-air markets are essentially expressions of economic democracy where there is no latent fear of any single vendor dominating the market and forcing others out of business. Merchandise quality, service, price, etc. are the main factors determining survival and success, which is as it should be." - Richard Leader
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