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Tim Baird
Carrboro, North Carolina
Born and raised in central Maine, my youth was spent mowing the lawn, kicking a soccer ball against the garage doors, and trying to sneak sugar cereal out of the kitchen cupboards after I was put to bed. More about Tim
Warren Johnston
South Royalton, Vermont
I am a baby boomer who grew up in a time when the trend in food was convenience and speed. It wasn't the fast-food era, but a post-World War II time when ... More about Warren
Barbara Kattman
Holliston, Massachusetts
We live in Holliston, Massachusetts. When we bought our house in Holliston about 27 years ago, Holliston was a rural/residential town of about 13,000 people. More about Barbara
Autumn Long
Wallace, West Virginia
My name is Autumn. I'm 24 years old, and I live in rural north-central West Virginia. I was born and raised in West Virginia, and in 2005 I graduated from ... More about Autumn
April Luginbuhl
Cleveland, Ohio
My personal interests revolve around the environment, both knowing more about it and getting outside and enjoying my surroundings. This led me down an educational path to ... More about April
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Stonewood Bulk Foods
Posted at 1:26 PM on September 5, 2008 by Autumn Long (1 Comments)
Not much to report from this Land of Locavorism. I'm still up to my ears in tomatoes, still canning them in various forms. My diet is successfully 80% local these days, due mainly to the abundance of garden produce and my hesitance to let any of it go to waste. Yes, honey, we're eating yellow squash again tonight! Honestly, though, the pig has been eating a lot of zucchini lately. I love being able to feed overripe vegetables to my future pork chops.
One recent local discovery I would like to mention is Stonewood Bulk Foods. Located at the southern edge of the Clarksburg area, just off the Stonewood/Nutter Fort exit along I-79, Stonewood Bulk Foods has been open for a few years, but I just started frequenting it this summer. Better late than never, right? The store carries bulk dry goods (go figure!) as well as various jellies, jams, and sauces; vitamins and nutritional supplements; and a huge variety of snack mixes and other goodies. It also has a full-service deli where you can buy meat and cheese by the pound or get sandwiches made to order.
My main reason for shopping there is the wide variety of Walnut Creek items the store carries. I discovered the Ohio-based Walnut Creek brand early this year at the local IGA, and it has been pretty much my only option for (semi-)local cheese, butter, and some meat products such as bacon. Lo and behold, Stonewood Bulk Foods carries a much wider variety of the brand's surprisingly diverse products, including ham and other deli meats. Score! Finally, Dan's lunchmeat is local. Stonewood Bulk Foods is an interesting alternative to the supermarket for folks in the Clarksburg area. I recommend it.
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hope Charlotte NC gets a Whole Foods soon! I discovered Whole Foods in Charleston SC, 2007, then fouond out there is one in Chapel Hill, also in Winston-Salem.
Charlotte has EarthFare (high end, pricey), Trader Joe's (a great store for nuts and berries, esp. dried-prices very good), and Home Economist. Whole Foods has more variety and more local foods, as you said.
Thank you for reading, pls comment..
melissa
Posted by melissa | September 13, 2008 3:41 AM