A Year Later

OK, really, it's more than a year, but close enough. I really enjoyed this experience and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. The challenge of choosing local has reaped some wonderful experiences, conversations, and food.

Here are my successes:
South Mountain Creamery
Salt River Lobster
Garrett Park Farmers Market

Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other
Grosvenor Market
MOMS Organic Market
Polyface Farm


The past week or two I gave up on choosing local products as a lifestyle choice over convenience. I will still choose local sources as a first option, but sometimes it's just too much of a pain in the ass to shop, prepare and cook, a healthy, variety of foods year round.

I am so thrilled to find a fish and seafood source. They are lovely. Their prices can be slightly high as there are no discounted sale prices ever, but they are reasonably competitive, and you can't beat their quality or service.

Really, I could probably keep scouting for local veggies, but, particularly as my red meat consumption has decreased, my need for iron has gone up. And broccoli is all well and good, but I like spinach too. And it is easier to send my daughter to lunch at school with peppers, and cucumbers and hummos than most anything else. And she likes it. And eats it, and for a toddler, that is important. And since I've been working out, I have been trying to eat more protein and what they call good fats in every meal. which often means almonds, which are not local, or olives, which are also not local.

But I am much more aware of where my food comes from, how I can get it, and concessions I make regarding ideal and reality.

I'll keep writing as I find other options, try new things, etc. I would like to review certain things I tried last year, (comparison between two local egg nogs) and maybe some restaurants that have expressed that they try to source their food locally.