"You are what you eat" but if you eat beef, poultry, fish, etc - there are more than two links to that food chain, and if that cow, chicken, or tilapia are pumped with corn and hormones (yes, fish are fed corn now as well) - that is what you are consuming without knowing it. But knowing where your food comes from is very hard these days. There is no one agency that regulates hormone usage, grass-fed, cage-free, free-range, humanely raised... categories of our food. So I'll try to put together a list of foods available in local grocery stores that fit the bill.
MILK
Traders Point Creamery milk, cheese, yogurt, ice creamSource: IN
Region: MW
Retailers: Whole Foods, Fruitful Yield
Other: 100% grass-fed beef
Farmer's All Natural Creamery (Kalona Organics) Source: IA
Region: MW
Retailers: Jewel, Whole Foods, Fruitful Yield, etc
Source: WI
Region: Nationwide
Retailers: Dominick's, Whole Foods, Fruitful Yield, etc
Source: TX
Region: Nationwide
Retailers: Whole Foods (store brand)
http://cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/FarmID_119.html
Source: IA
Region: MW, Nationwide?
Retailers: ?
Heritage / Strecick's Source: CA
Region: W, MW
Retailers: ?
Source: NY
Region: NE
Retailers: Whole Foods
Raw milk products (milk, cream, butter) are now available through a cow share program managed by Richard Hebron of Family Farms Cooperative. familyfarmscoop@netzero.com or (269) 476-8883 for more details. Deliveries are made once every four weeks to Aurora, West Dundee, Forest Park, Highland Park, Edgewater, DesPlaines, and Schaumburg. More details available here: www.mercola.com/forms/raw_milk_cow_sharing.htm
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Fresh From the Farm Cooperative, Sheri Giachetto smg9@comcast.net , (630) 257-9092. Provide local, organic, farm-sourced raw dairy, meats, and produce. They have assembled an array of foods from various providers which include organic, grass fed beef, pork, pastured chickens, pastured eggs, raw milk, cream, and other raw dairy products. Raw honey and bee pollen is also available as well as organic produce in the summer months, all from local, independent, organic farmers. They provide these foods fresh on a weekly basis (Weds pickup) from their southwest suburban home.
Richard and Kelly Boge and Family. Golden Guernsey Dairy. Glen Ellyn, IL 608-449-5491 cell or 630-790-0061 home. High quality raw guernsey milk, yogurt and paneer cheese. Guernsey milk is higher in protein, butterfat, Vitamin A and D. They have grown to 10 cows. Cows on site. No hormones, antibiotics or GMOs. Grass fed Spring through Fall and then eating organic hay. Please have your own container. kellyboge@gmail.com or visit their website at www.iloverawmilk.com.
MooGrass Farms Inc. is a private farm club that provides fresh, local, farm-sourced raw dairy products (cow, goat, sheep). Their dairy cows are 100% grain free. They offer 100% grass-fed and finished pastured beef, pork, and lamb; pastured chicken; pastured eggs; raw butter, cream, yogurt, and cheese; seasonal produce; and more. All products are hormone, antibiotic, and pesticide free. See www.moograssfarms.com for more information. Phone 1-888-COW-5789, fax 1-888-269-5789, email: mail@moograssfarms.com .
Other DAIRY
Source: IA
Region: MW
Retailers: Jewel, Whole Foods, Fruitful Yield
Source: OR
Region: Nationwide
Retailers: Whole Foods, Fruitful Yield
Source: OH
Region: Nationwide
Retailers: Whole Foods, Fruitful Yield
Source: OR
Region: Nationwide
Retailers: Whole Foods, Fruitful Yield
Source: WI
Region: ?
Retailers: Whole Foods ?
Source: WI
Available online
Source: WI
Region: Nationwide
Retailers: ?
Source: CA
Region: Nationwide
Retailers: Jewel, Whole Foods
Source: NH
Region: Nationwide / E?
Retailers: Jewel, Whole Foods, Fruitful Yield
Lifeway and Helios (owned by Lifeway) kefir Source: IL, MN
Region: Nationwide
Retailers: WalMart, Jewel, Dominick's, Whole Foods
Source: CA
Region: Nationwide
Retailers: Whole Foods
Useful links:
http://cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html
http://www.cornucopia.org/wp-content/themes/Cornucopia/downloads/OrganicT30J09.pdf
http://www.realmilk.com/where2.html#il
http://whereismymilkfrom.com/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/15060360/Wisconsin-Brands-and-Products-with-No-rGBH
EGGS
http://www.philsfresheggs.com/
http://www.kalonaorganics.com/our_eggs.html
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