Comments on: Buy Fresh, Buy Local http://susiemadrak.com/2007/09/30/20/04/buy-fresh-buy-local/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:41:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: fdeaton http://susiemadrak.com/2007/09/30/20/04/buy-fresh-buy-local/#comment-130197 fdeaton Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:52:32 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/09/30/20/04/buy-fresh-buy-local/#comment-130197 I have kicked around the idea of starting a small co-op operation. I moved out to the country last April, too late for any planting after I got settled in, but I have about 3 acres that I could grow fresh produce on. I plan to do a garden next spring the only question is the size I want to make it. And I second Melanie's suggestion of LocalHarvest. I get an e-mail alert whenever one of the locals has something to offer. I also live near a hydroponic operation which offers tomatoes, strawberries, squash and I forget what else. I found them late this year, but it is a very interesting operation and the yield seems to be pretty amazing. We also have a really good small farmers market, but even there the prices have gone up quite a bit in the past 2 or 3 years. I live in North Alabama and I have heard that the Mennonite communities of southern Tennessee are great places to buy fresh produce. I have kicked around the idea of starting a small co-op operation. I moved out to the country last April, too late for any planting after I got settled in, but I have about 3 acres that I could grow fresh produce on. I plan to do a garden next spring the only question is the size I want to make it.

And I second Melanie’s suggestion of LocalHarvest. I get an e-mail alert whenever one of the locals has something to offer. I also live near a hydroponic operation which offers tomatoes, strawberries, squash and I forget what else. I found them late this year, but it is a very interesting operation and the yield seems to be pretty amazing.

We also have a really good small farmers market, but even there the prices have gone up quite a bit in the past 2 or 3 years. I live in North Alabama and I have heard that the Mennonite communities of southern Tennessee are great places to buy fresh produce.

]]> By: Melanie http://susiemadrak.com/2007/09/30/20/04/buy-fresh-buy-local/#comment-130192 Melanie Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:18:21 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/09/30/20/04/buy-fresh-buy-local/#comment-130192 Here is <a href="http://www.localharvest.org/csa/" rel="nofollow">another link</a>. I have a local farmer who delivers. Here is another link. I have a local farmer who delivers.

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