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Eating Local
It's better for you, better for the planet! 
 

Pregnancy is the perfect time to overhaul your diet and take a closer look at what you and your baby are consuming. The positive health benefits eating  organic foods has been proven over and over again. All one needs to do is look at the list of

chemicals that our conventional foods are laced with and then read the health

effects of those chemicals, then you will understand the dangers of feeding your

families these harmful substances.

 

Click on the "What's on my Food?" banner below to see what's on the food you eat, you'll be amazed!

 

 

Fortunately for us we live in area where we have abundant local, organic farmers who are producing copious amounts of healthly, pesticide free food. Use the links below to find farmers near you.
 
 
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Learn more about advantages to a CSA is here- http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
Local Free Range Meat
Freeman Homestead- 716-672-8022 - Beef, chicken, lamb, turkey, duck, lamb, rabbit, eggs.
Local Dairy & Eggs
Yoders Dairy- 585-798-9345   2594 Murdock Rd, Medina,NY 14103 -milk & eggs
 
Local Grain-

 

 

 

 

Check out these two blogs for more information on eating local and organic-

 

Better World Tithing Project

 

Edible Buffalo

 

Grow your own food!

Rare seeds

 

Heirloom acres seeds

 

Seed Savers Exchange

 

Enviromom

 

Cold climate gardening