2007 word of the year & my grandma

Do you know that locavore was the Oxford 2007 word of the year? It means those who prefer to eat locally grown/produced food. My grandmother was one. She bought her eggs from the Amish farmer just east of Kalona, bought her beef from a local locker - the meat coming from the farm of one of their 'natural feed' customers. (I don't recall that she ever had pork or chicken around.) She bought her bread at the local bakery, her peaches, blueberries, and apples from regional orchards. All those fruits were canned at home, along with the bounty of her vegetable garden. She was a locavore. I'm trying to become one little by little.

Recently I stumbled upon a great source of locally grown natural foods in the Kansas City area. Good Natured Family Farms sells their products at Hen House Markets & Price Chopper stores. It all started when a family had too many tomatoes and was looking for a commercial outlet. That was 10 years ago. Now they have expanded into a co-op of family farms primarily in Kansas & Missouri, offering a wide range of natural meats & dairy products. You can find out more by clicking on their logo. Oh, and a cool thing about their milk (which tastes SOOO much better than other milk) is that the jug it comes in is made of corn resin and is biodegradable. Cool, huh?

By the way - my beef eating locavore grandmother lived to age 94 and my grandfather to age 92. Here's to better quality food!