Find local farms and farmer's markets

If you've watched television, perused the food news on the internet or listened to folks on the radio talk about your health, you've heard the term "Buy Local." Once a social movement, people are starting to understand the importance of preserving a food industry that is family-owned.  Community, variety, humane treatment of farm animals, and social and environmental responsibility in regards to our food economy is in a word, important. 

So, if you aren't familiar with the farmers in your area, we encourage you to visit LocalHarvest.org.  This website is a great source for organic and local food, and can help you quickly locate farms, farmers markets, and other food sources close to you. The site will help you find products from family farms, local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages them to establish direct contact with small farms in their local area.  Local Harvest was founded in 1998, and is located in Santa Cruz, California.

Visit the Local Harvest home page at www.localharvest.org

Visit the Local Harvest farm page at http://www.localharvest.org/organic-farms/

Learn more about Community Supported Agriculture programs at http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

Eatwild.com is a fabulous source for safe, healthy, natural and nutritious grass-fed beef, lamb, goats, bison, poultry, pork, dairy and other wild edibles.

There site is easy to use and you'll fine alot of great information about the benefits of raising animals on pasture, as well as direct links to local farms that sell all-natural, delicious, grass-fed products.  Eatwild's directory of Farms lists over 1,100 pasture-based farms, with more farms being all the time. 

According to their site, producers listed on Eatwild.com certify that assuring that their animals and the land are well-treated, that their products are exceptionally high in nutrition and free of antibiotics and added hormones. Many farms are organically certified; others lack certification but follow organic standards. 

Use their state-by-state directory of farms: www.eatwild.com/products/index.html