Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

That's hopeful. The downside is it's pretty much for the people who can
afford the organic premium already, and any distributor picking up the
slack is going to have to charge more and more. Hmmm?

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 12/10/2007 at 9:12 PM Aliza wrote:

>But there are some businesses that are picking up the slack.  Azure
>Standard 
>delivers all over the west.  There prices are competative with my local 
>organic coop and the warehouse type store that stocks lots of organic 
>produce (local and national origin) and comercial foods.  For a $400
>minimum 
>they will make a drop with no shipping.  Groups of folks get together and 
>have the food dropped at a central location.  Azure Standard is/was an 
>organic  beef and wheat farm in northeastern Oregon so it is possible to
>get 
>all the commodaties like recycled toilet paper and organic
>q-tips as well as raw milk and cheese, some produce like boxes of
>avocados, 
>grain/flour as well as frozen meat and comercial brands like Annies or 
>cascadian farms items like frozen berries or cereal etc.  You can also get

>farm supplies from fencing equiptment to organic thorvin kelp and redmonds

>salt.
>
>If you are in the western united states and have difficulty getting some
>of 
>these types of items it is worth a shot.  I only use them for redmonds 
>salt/conditioner, kelp meal and my canning jars as I am lucky to live in
>an 
>area where organic local foods are the norm.
>
>And yes the real difference that will make the difference is when we
>produce 
>much of what we eat ourselves - The 30-50 families that get milk and
>yogurt 
>from me are 30-50 families that arent buying dairy at the grocery store. 
>I 
>also supply cultures at cost for my customers so they can make their own 
>cheeses and yogurt.  I like to trade for produce that I dont grow as well
>as 
>services.  My chiropractor is a milk trade for her adopted baby.
>
>Aliza
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>From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
>To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Additional pressure on food availability
>
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