WAP Austin Chapter - Food Sources

Food Sources - Native Nutrition Texas
Helpful Advice Join a CSA You can participate in the growing of your food while making new friends when you join a CSA Farm. Know Your Farmer Knowing your farmer is one of the most important ways that you can control the quality of the foods you buy.		Online Products Radiant Life - Source of celtic sea salt and oils recommended by the Weston A. Price Foundation. Also includes water filters, grinders, juicers, dehydrators and other nifty tools of healthy living. Omega Nutrition Health Store - Great Source for quality oils, organic, and other healthy nutritional products including a line of pet products. San Francisco Herb Co. - Great prices and quality on bulk herbs, spices, teas and botanicals. No Irradiation of their products. Organic Produce Austin is rich in organic produce. From local Farmer's Markets to Community Supported Agriculture Farms (CSA's) we have plenty to choose from and can control the food we buy. We also have the unique ability to know our farmers and in some cases to be the farmers. To support our Texas Farmers try shopping at Sun Harvest Markets or Wheatsville Food Co-op. For more information and locations near you please visit their websites. Other Grocery Stores Whole Foods Market. - Locations all over Texas First Plus Grocery - 1221 West Lynn St. (477-5574) or 408 E. 43rd St. (459-8922) HEB Central Market Locations in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Forth Worth and Plano You can also shop at these Farmer's Markets here in Austin: Boggy Creek Farm 3414 Lyons, 926-4650 Wednesday and Saturday, 9am-2pm, year-round www.boggycreekfarm.com This 5-acre East Austin market garden is located on a historic property dating back to the Texas revolutionary period. Farmers Larry Butler and Carol Ann Sayle are the current stewards of the land, producing organic vegetables, greens, fruits, herbs, flowers, and farm eggs. They also sell value-added products such as jams and jellies, hot sauce, award-winning self-published books, plus Pure Luck Texas goat cheese, and hormone- and antibiotic-free meats. Westlake Farmer's Market Westlake Farmer's Market Westlake High School Annex Parking Lot (across from tennis ct.) 4100 Westbank Drive Austin, TX Open Saturday's, Year Round, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Other Listings Austin Farmer's Markets Texas Department of Agriculture's Farmers Market Listings Austin Chronicle's Farmers Market Listing Community Supported Agriculture Farms USDA Defintion of Community Supported Agriculture In basic terms, CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community’s farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production. Members or shareholders of the farm or garden pledge in advance to cover the anticipated costs of the farm operation and farmer’s salary. In return, they receive shares in the farm’s bounty throughout the growing season, as well as satisfaction gained from reconnecting to the land. Members also share in risks, including poor harvest due to unfavorable weather or pests. Directory of CSA Farms in the United States Local CSAs Oasis Gardens Certified Organic in Texas and looking for more members. Cost is $75 a month plus 5 hours of work per month. But if money, or labor, is a problem they can work a out a deal that you can handle. All vegetarian. Hairston Creek Farm Vegetables, fruit, eggs, and honey. Certified Organic in the state of Texas. Basic Subscription (no eggs, honey or jams) is $25 per week, with a $50 deposit due at startup. The Plus Subscription is an additional $3.50 per week. Grassfed and/or Organic Meat and Poultry Alexander Family Farm - sold at the Austin Farmer's Market. Arrow K Ranch - sold at the Austin Farmer's Market. Eat Wild - Source for information on all aspects of grassfed meats from farming and ranching to purchasing for the dinner plate. USA Directory of farmers and ranchers on the website. Burgundy Pasture Beef - Dry aged, 100% pastured beef. No hormones, antibiotics or grain feeding. Double Bar A Ranch - Own your animals and they will care for them for you. Good Earth Organic Farm - Pastured Broilers and lamb, eggs from pastured hens and, organically grown vegetables. Homestead Healthy Foods in Fredericksburg - Pastured beef and chicken available. Ken's Pasture Poultry & Grass Finished Beef - Grassfed beef and pastured poultry, not supplemented with any grains or soy feeds. Available by the ?? and at ?? Annette Nordsieck--Health & Wholeness 1245 Antioch Rd., Paige, TX 78659 512-253-7773 (Dial 1 from Austin, TX) Rehoboth Ranch 45 minutes north of Dallas. Raises beef, lamb and poultry on pesticide, herbicide and synthetic fertilizer free pasture. Turkeys also available for Thanksgiving. Slanker Polled Herefords - 100% Pasture finished beef available from late spring until fall. The Texas Bison Company - Grass finished bison raised on natural prairie grass. No Pesticides or Hormones Eat Wild's Texas Pastured Products Directory Suggestions? Got a suggestion for a food resource that isn't listed here? Or a correction to one that is? Let us know about it! Copyright © 2002 All Rights Reserved. Distributing, use and/or copying of ANY material on these sites is strictly prohibited. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Site Designed and Maintained by Brenin Draig Web Design Questions, comments, or suggestions? Contact the Webmaster.