by Laura Everage

Latest Bog Posts:

• The Groundwork: Rational Behind Where I Shop and What I Buy
• The Shopping Challenge
• Time & Priorities
• All Baked Out
• Portion Control: the Weaning Process

 

Heading into this challenge, I have to say, I was not excited a bit. It has been a long time since I shopped for all my groceries at a conventional supermarket, and I was a bit wary of what choice I might find. For example, I’ve made the switch to natural or organic meats and poultry, quite some time ago, and I’m suspect as to what I can get at the supermarket. If I find it there, I will buy it, but if I don’t I’m not willing to purchase the conventional meat and poultry.

Other than the meat and poultry, I wonder how much organic produce I will have to choose from, and on the dairy end, while I haven’t made the leap to organic milk, I do choose milk that is from cow’s not treated with hormones. The same is true with yogurt and cheese, I look for choices that are free from antibiotics. 

As for making my decision on ‘local’ I don’t pay too much attention to the signs, and when I do, I also weigh it against price, and decide if would be a value for me. I guess, if I am going to buy local, I’ll shop at a place that assures me that products are local – such as the farmers market.