There are a lot of really good farm co-ops in the United States that will often send a box of produce to your door usually once a month or every other month. I looked into it a while ago, but you just get whatever is in season at the time, so for two people it was going to be way too much food and not necessarily stuff we would eat. Those sounds like really great places you highlighted. My cousin has cows, so I usually get my meat from him when he is trying to make room for a new slaughter. I end up getting ground beef for something like $2 per pound. It's crazy!
There really are. I think it's one of the only ways the small US farmer can still survive and compete with the large corporate farming operations. We probably have tons of local farmers we could buy from but it's tough for us to get out and about right now. I'm so pleased with the products and service from this company. I just found them randomly and it was a stroke of luck. You're lucky to know someone who raises them, that would be the absolute best to know, first hand, how they're being raised. You can't beat those prices either. We saw some of the huge feedlots in Oklahoma and Texas on our way to Arizona and it was absolutely disgusting the conditions the animals had to exist in. It turned our stomachs.
We saw a couple large cattle farms out west as well and I know exactly what you mean. We have a couple local farmers markets during the summer that usually provide more than enough of everything we need. The only problem is how long winter is here as you already know!
You can already feel the transition to autumn here! Yesterday was the first day I noticed that coolness in the air and the maples leaves are just starting to turn.
We don't have leaves turning yet, but there is a definite crispness in the air today. We had some high humidity over the weekend and it finally broke a bit. Though I remember some Octobers that were hotter than early August!