>4.  For those of us who are interested in sharing some of the 24 chickens

> 1.  Brian Cummings (www.eatgreendfw.com) is a terrific resource for
finding
> local and organic produce.  He is coordinating a field trip to an organic
> place just south of Dallas February 7.  See below:

> Announcing a new Meetup for EatGreenDFW!

> What: Spring Planting

> When: February 7, 2009 10:00 AM

> Where: Click the link below to find out!

> Meetup Description: Garden Harvests is an eight-acre vegetable garden near
> Midlothian. Fina Longoria-Johnson grows organic vegetables there and sells
> them in an on-site store and onwww.eatgreendfw.com. On Saturday, Feb. 7,
> she hope to be plowing and planting her next round of crops.

> If you want to see a farmer in action and learn a little about what you
> should be planting in your own garden, please join us at around 10 a.m.
It's
> very informal. She also sells home made tamales, fresh baked bread, home
> made salsa and her own guiso sauce.

> It's located about 45 minutes south of Dallas off of Interstate 35.

> Learn more here:http://www.meetup.com/eatgreendfw/calendar/9580416/
> .  

> 2.  If you all haven't checked intowww.slowfooddallas.com, you might
enjoy
> that as a resource as well.  

> 3.  Glad we are resurrecting the idea of buying food in bulk and
splitting
> orders.  Count us in.  

> 4.  For those of us who are interested in sharing some of the 24 chickens
> now, how are we going to coordinate for those of us who want to purchase
> now?

> 5.  Plano offers great, FREE classes on organic gardening and
> sustainability.  

> 6.  There's a Sprouts on the southwest corner of Legacy and Coit in
Plano
> and one in the southeast corner of Campbell and Coit.  When one buys
> vitamins, protein powder, personal care items that total $100, they give a
> 10% discount.  Sprouts also honors their coupons on the alternative milk
> products, i.e., $1 off every four containers of almond or soy milk in
> addition to their case discount (10% off 12 cartons).

> Elizabeth

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> From: saint-nicholas-orthodox-church@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:saint-nicholas-orthodox-church@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Debra
> Burns
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 6:11 AM
> To: saint-nicholas-orthodox-church@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [sn] Re: OFF TOPIC: CSA and other stuff

> I need to find out where Sprouts is.  I keep hearing about them but I
have
> never been there.

> I really need to look into the CSA, myself.  
> My dream is to someday grow my own organic vegetables.  If I ever get my
act
> together and did the type of gardening that I have read about that
produces
> a lot per square foot and can even be done almost year-round, I have
enough
> land for a half acre garden that could probably produce enough to support
my
> family with plenty to spare.  So something to think about in the future,
for
> those who like gardening, would be a cooperative garden.  (I live 10-15
> minutes away from where the new temple is being built).

> Rehoboth is expensive but you will find their bulk rates a bit more
> affordable. (But even at bulk, a 3-4 lb chicken costs around $10).  I may
> look into Fran's Fryer's before ordering chickens for this year.

> I will get the Truth Hill Farms price lists.  

> Rehoboth sells cage free eggs, too.  But I have started buying cage free
> eggs at the store.  Looking at the yolks, they are just as yellow-orange
as
> the farm raised eggs.  I get mine at Super Target or Market Street in
> McKinney.

> Debra

> -------Original Message-------

> From: Jennifer Park <mailto:par...@verizon.net>
> Date: 01/24/09 22:11:42
> To: saint-nicholas-orthodox-church@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [sn] Re: OFF TOPIC: CSA and other stuff

> I go to Sprouts too--I think their produce is much better than in most
> stores (Kroger etc) and also cheaper. Some of it is local but not much...
 I
> haven't seen Natural Grocers before--I might check them out.

> Here is a link for a CSA that Mike sent to me:http://texasranchdreams.com/
> Mom, I don't know that it really is that pricey--it's about $100 a
month,
> and I probably spend that much on vegetables anyway.

> I really like Rehoboth--the people, the farm--but I think their prices are
> too high for us. So I'm trying to find alternatives...

> I can't find anything online about Truth Hill Farms (besides the page
at
> localharvest). Debra, can you give us more information on them?

> I found the chicken farm I was talking about--it's Fran's Fryers
> (http://www.fransfryers.com/). They have cage-free chicken, not
free-range,
> which isn't optimal, but is definitely a step in the right direction.
(The
> pictures look good, but of course they would!) And they are much more
> affordable--$1.89/lb for a chicken! They deliver to coops, so perhaps we
> could arrange something.

> I also checked Burgundy Beef's website (burgundypasturebeef.com). They
are
> also considerably cheaper than Rehoboth, and fully grass-fed. And they
> deliver for a minimum order of 10 lbs, with only a $5 charge. Again, we
> could form a coop!

> We buy our eggs from Central Market--I don't know how we'll get
them once
> the church moves! : ) Again, they're cage-free, not free-range, but
the
> free-range ones are just too expensive for us.

> So, let's talk! : )

> Jenny

> Jelena Tehlirian wrote:

> Hi Jenny good evening everyone,

> I was looking into CSA a while ago, but there was a long waiting list for
> the ones close to us (Rockwall and Rowlett). So I gave up and found
Sprouts
> store and store called Natural Grocers in Richardson (on Campbell and Coit
> Rd). Their produce is ok priced, but I do not like to see "produce of
> California" or "produce of Mexico". I also think their

> little bit too long for not treated produce. I would like to find a CSA
and
> support it, and get fresh, local and seasonal fruits and vegetables. I
> remember that some of them even offered the option of you coming there and
> learning and helping to grow food.

> I am interested in all the things you mentioned Jenny, and I love buying
> healthy and good stuff in bulk. Splitting it would be great for us now,
> because we do not have the chest freezer. Some people from our church
> actually found a farm where they go ocasionally and buy a cow, pig or
lamb.
> Mostly those people have big freezers and they have no problems storing
the
> food.

> CSA web site ishttp://www.localharvest.org/search-csa.jsp?map=1

> 73&scale=8&ty=6&zip=75082>
> &lat=32.995373&lon=-96.682873&scale=8&ty=6&zip=75082

> Please, count me in for future "adventures" :)

> In Christ,
> Jelena

> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Jennifer Park <par...@verizon.net>
wrote:

> Does anyone here use a CSA? (Community Supported Agriculture--basically
> you get a box of vegetables from a local farm every week during summer)
> I looked into them when we still lived in Lewisville, but decided to
> wait till we moved. I thought I'd see if anyone's already done the
> research. : )
> Also, do any of you know of a natural foods-type store in
> McK/Plano/Richardson that sells cage-free or free-range chicken? Of
> course there's Rehoboth, but in Lewisville there was another store
that
> had chicken from another local supplier, whose name of course I can't
> remember! And has anyone had any experience with Burgandy Beef (I think
> that's the name)? From what I remember, they're cheaper than
Rehoboth.
> And finally, is anyone interested in buying meat (from somewhere like
> Rehoboth) in bulk and splitting it up, to get the cheaper price?
> Thanks! : )

> In Christ,
> Jenny