My brilliant idea of having a local Thanksgiving feast was more difficult to execute than I had previously thought.
After researching various CSAs in Fort Collins, I found one, Grant Family Farms, who was going to be selling produce at one last winter market. Last Saturday, Marc and I drove all the way to the south side of town (gasp!) to check out the market, taking place in a church gymnasium. Once I got Marc convinced to walk into the church, we quickly realized there wasn't much in the way of local Thanksgiving items to be had. Grant Family Farms had some squash, sweet potatoes (which I'm already getting from AuNaturale Organics, my parent's farm) and some beets. None of the items on my list.
There was also a wide assortment of honey and salsas, soy candles and handmade bags .... again, not on the list.
So, I resigned myself to hosting an ORGANIC Thanksgiving instead. I picked up the vast majority of my produce at King Soopers, which was a real coup in my book. Spent about $116 on pretty much everything I needed. Then, I stopped by Whole Foods to get the bulk items (nuts, spices, dried fruit) and dairy (gourmet cheese, Greek yogurt, etc.). After being chastised by the cheese girl for not knowing that Bigham Hill Dairy has been out of business for the past two years, I cashed out at WFM for a whopping $72.
I was able to procure two local items for the feast: Organic, Colorado-Grown Brussels Sprouts ($6.99 lb.) and Morning Fresh Heavy Whipping Cream ($3.29 pint). I feel comfortable enough telling you that I hesitated on the Sprouts. Fortunately for me, the cashier couldn't tell the different in local sprouts and he only charged me the price of conventional sprouts, $2.79 lb. Yes!
After researching various CSAs in Fort Collins, I found one, Grant Family Farms, who was going to be selling produce at one last winter market. Last Saturday, Marc and I drove all the way to the south side of town (gasp!) to check out the market, taking place in a church gymnasium. Once I got Marc convinced to walk into the church, we quickly realized there wasn't much in the way of local Thanksgiving items to be had. Grant Family Farms had some squash, sweet potatoes (which I'm already getting from AuNaturale Organics, my parent's farm) and some beets. None of the items on my list.
There was also a wide assortment of honey and salsas, soy candles and handmade bags .... again, not on the list.
So, I resigned myself to hosting an ORGANIC Thanksgiving instead. I picked up the vast majority of my produce at King Soopers, which was a real coup in my book. Spent about $116 on pretty much everything I needed. Then, I stopped by Whole Foods to get the bulk items (nuts, spices, dried fruit) and dairy (gourmet cheese, Greek yogurt, etc.). After being chastised by the cheese girl for not knowing that Bigham Hill Dairy has been out of business for the past two years, I cashed out at WFM for a whopping $72.
I was able to procure two local items for the feast: Organic, Colorado-Grown Brussels Sprouts ($6.99 lb.) and Morning Fresh Heavy Whipping Cream ($3.29 pint). I feel comfortable enough telling you that I hesitated on the Sprouts. Fortunately for me, the cashier couldn't tell the different in local sprouts and he only charged me the price of conventional sprouts, $2.79 lb. Yes!
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