[SamAdams76]

I know many here will disagree but organic and natural foods is the way to go. I buy organic and natural as often as I can and avoid processed supermarket foods as much as possible - especially those with hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup (which is pretty much everything that's in the aisles of the supermarket). If you stick to the perimeter of the regular supermarket, you can pretty much get most of your everyday foods like eggs, butter, meat, produce, fish, yogurt, nuts, etc., and you can get the rest of the stuff at a natural supermarket.

Most regular supermarkets in the Northeast have organic eggs, Stonyfield organic yogurt (the stuff with the cream layer on top is best) and other natural products so you don't necessarily have to pay "health food" prices.

I tired of conservatives ceding the "get back to nature" movement to liberals. We're not talking nudist colonies here. We are talking good, wholesome food! In fact, what better way to demonstrate your conservative family values than to support the local organic/natural farms?

[Calpernia]

My favorite is Readington River Buffalo Co. Every April you can go out to the farm to watch the 'Round Up'. They have a store of fresh Bison meat to shop. This is the only meat I'll use to make my sauces.

For veggies, fall fun and Christmas Trees, we go to Giamarese. The Christmas Tree is a our favorite to get at the farm. Every year, we all split up and go down the rows to find the tree with the preying mantis chrysalis. Every year we find one! In spring, when the chrysalis hatches, we have a little party. It is Giamarese's gift to us. We release the mantids into our garden and we see them as they grow all year.

[KantianBurke]

excellent thread. thank you for posting it.

[JerseyHighlander]

Stephen's farm in your original post is a great place to go for organic poultry.

http://www.nofanj.org/cof.htm
Northeast Organic Farming Association of
New Jersey List of farms