{"id":1689,"date":"2005-10-20T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-20T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/10\/20\/organics-to-your-door\/"},"modified":"2005-10-20T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-20T14:35:00","slug":"organics-to-your-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/organics-to-your-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Organics to Your Door"},"content":{"rendered":"
From the Edmunton Sun, a profile<\/a> of Farm Fresh Organics<\/a>, “a Calgary-based home delivery service that also serves the Edmonton area.” For concerned parents like Edmunton’s Laurel Sakaluk, the service provides convenience in line with her values”<\/p>\n The 34-year-old married mother of two found it time-consuming searching out the best produce in town at the right price… “It’s not easy shopping with kids so it was great for the convenience factor,” says Sakaluk.<\/p>\n Every Thursday morning the family receives a bin of organic fruits and vegetables sourced from local certified organic farms….<\/p>\n A Family Fare Bin from Farm Fresh Organics costs $39.95 but smaller boxes are available for about $27.<\/p>\n The bin contents change from week to week based on supply, but a sample Family Fare Bin from earlier this month featured: broccoli, a cucumber, one bunch of carrots, a head of lettuce, two peppers, two onions, a bunch of basil, five apples, two pears, a half-pound of prune plums, one bag of beans, two tomatoes, one and a half pounds of bananas, a squash, three cobs corn and a bunch of chard….<\/p>\n Eating organic costs about one-third more than buying regular produce, but about $5 less than buying from an organic store.<\/p>\n “Their prices and quality are really very good,” says Sakaluk. “I don’t mind paying that little bit extra because I know exactly what my family is taking in.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n One of the things I found impressive, also, was the fact that, at least during the growing season of July-October, Farm Fresh Organics buys 90% of its produce “from growers around Calgary and the Okanagan region in British Columbia.” The downside comes during the off-season when the “farm-fresh” fruits and vegetables from New Zealand, Mexico and California. Still, I think a business model like this is moving in the right direction — the next step, of course, is demonstrating to customers the benefits of going “beyond organic” and committing to a completely local and seasonal eating schedule. An ideal, I realize — I’m certainly not there!<\/p>\n Categories: organic<\/a>, food<\/a>, local<\/a>, delivery<\/a>, Edmunton<\/a>, Canada<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the Edmunton Sun, a profile of Farm Fresh Organics, “a Calgary-based home delivery service that also serves the Edmonton area.” For concerned parents like Edmunton’s Laurel Sakaluk, the service [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n