From the farm to our table........

In our quest of living healthier, we have researched and explored many places to buy our foods. We like to know where it comes from and ideally, the people who grow it. I get asked often about where we buy our food so here it goes:

Meat-

Beef- we order a 1/4 beef from Roseland farms (Roslandorganicfarms.com) They are certified organic, completely grassfed, and antibiotic and hormone free. If we need to supplement, we buy from Moonique Dairy Farm (more about them to come).
Chicken- we have been ordering pastured chickens from an amazing Amish farm in Colon, mi. Myback  up is Moonique Dairy Farm or the Farmer's Market.
Turkey- my hubby shot a wild one in the backyard. You are only allowed one turkey per year per person.
Pork- we eat very little pork but we get it from Moonique Dairy Farm or the Farmers Market
Fish- WILD CAUGHT  salmon or other WILD CAUGHT fish from Meijer and occasionally the health food store.
Venison- sometimes we get gifted with venison and my hubby hunts.
Hotdogs- we occasionally get hotdogs but only Organic Grassfed (Applegate brand  from Meijer).

Dairy-

Milk- we get 2 gallons RAW grassfed milk weekly from Moonique Dairy Farm. (Mooniquedairy.com) They are an amazing couple fromVandalia, Mi. They have drop offs in town just a few miles from our house.
Yogurt(raw)- I make it from the raw milk or we get it from Moonique Dairy (when we go to pick up our milk they have a trailer that has quality meat, yogurt, cheese, honey, etc. )
Cheese (raw)- I get it from the same Amish couple that sells us chickens
Butter- I wish I could find raw butter. It is illegal to sell in Michigan and I guess they can't find away around it like they can cheese, yogurt and milk. I do make it from the milk we get from time to time or I buy organic butter. Kerrygold is made from pastured milk. While it is pasturized, it still has more nutrients and we try to buy it as often as we can.

Produce-
We get our produce from a co-op in Gobles, Meijer, Farmer's Market, or my garden. Apples, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, etc we seek out organic gardens/orchards when in season, buy in bulk and freeze or can. Apples were amazingly priced (20$ a bushel for nearly organic) so we canned tons of applesauce. I can as many tomatoes and much as we can. I ferment some veggies especially sauerkraut. I also freeze veggies. We LOVE to bake with winter squash and pumpkins so I cook and freeze loads of squash.

Sugars
We use primarily honey (MOOnique dairy farm) and maple syrup (Moonique Dairy and Gobbles co-op)
We also use sucanant which I purchase through E&H in Shispshewanna, In
On rare occasions we use organic cane sugar.

Grains
We buy most grains, rices, beans, nuts, etc at E&H, the local health food store, or Gobles co-op. I also buy almond flour from Amazon and coconut flour from tropical traditions.

Fats
We use coconut oil from vitacost.com
Olive oil from where ever I can find it cheapest hopefully organic
We also used tallo, lard, and Oranic palm oil on occasion.


We get to know the farmers that supply most of our food. The items listed are the least expensive and highest quality foods we have  found. We buy in bulk and stock up if we find a good deal. We have certain venders we buy from at the Farmer's Market (they sell in the winter too!!!). We have gotten to know them and their growing process. We also make almost everything from scratch.