no bulk shopping online yet...but i think i will sometime not too far off. i grow tomatos, cukes, and squashes. i get sprouting materials at the nat food stores. and i pretty much spend all the money i have to spend every month.

Hey Baugh! I look for organics frts & vegs on sale, and finaggle at frms mkt for last-minute deals, esp wild plants. I'm gonna place my first EarthShiftProducts.com order tom'w for bulk many things - maca, herbs, things recommended in longevitynow. It'll be one to three hundred bux. don't know my food budget, but i save a lot by not eating out much (don't miss it), fancy coffees and snacks, doctor visits.

When I went raw last Jan, I liked how my typical trail at Whole Foods evaporated. Now I hardly go there, except if I'm feeling social, but not for salad bar anymore, or to eat, for that matter.

1) I buy most of my produce at my excellent local market Community Market.

2) haven't been to a farmer's market in months

3) right now raspberries, cucumbers, a few tomatoes, some volunteer squash plants, green beans (family eats em)

4) I'm looking into ordering some tropical fruit from Florida, but haven't done so yet.

5) I spend $200-400 a month buying all my own food in Northern California. Easy! And no medical bills or supplements to buy on the side.

1) Quinoa, nuts, Namu Shoya, Kumbucha tea, vegan junk food, produce if I run out of it, spirulina, sea salt, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, dulse flakes

2) All greens, fruits. Produce basically.

3) Ha! yeah, right.

4) Non-native to California fruit at RobertIsHere.com

5) $400 I love to eat.

Hi, where do you buy online forPau d'Arco, Cats Claw, Chuhuasi, Chanca Piedra teas?
Thanks.

http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/

BEST EVER! :) happy shopping!

1) Most of my produce comes from my natural food store

2) Greens and mangos come from my farmer's market sometimes

3) I am growing herbs, tomatoes, and cucumbers (currently - more to follow)

4) Don't like online shopping. Living Nutz, maybe, when I get cravings :-)

5) Without the raw cafe dining, probably $550 a month, more if I feel like making fancy items.

I pride myself on the fact that the largest "payment" I have each month is my food bill. Best investment I ever made. In fact, I do remember the less than desirable income I was bringing in just 4 short years ago, and my budget was about $30 per week, and I really had to scrape and claw. These days, I don't even look at the pricetags because the price of organic and raw is least of my worries :-)

Great post, Dhru!

Ian

Hey Guys!!

1) Everything from natural hygiene to almond butter....

2) I buy most of the fruits and vegetable from the farmers markets... I have found that going to the markets just before they close, the vendors are selling their produce with the big discount,,,,

3) I used to grow the greens, tomatoes and cucumbers, but now live in the apartment and dont have a land to do it anymore...

4) I buy most of the nuts and seeds online (bulk) - it seems to be cheaper than local health stores

5) i love good food - maybe $400 - $500 a month

Have a wonderful day!!!!

Reelika

Yeah, in CA they are sold pasteurized in stores. But at the farmers markets, farmers are not REQUIRED to pasteurize them. I know some of the farmers at the market where I live. A couple vendors do NOT have raw almonds, and there are 2 that do. They are the best tasting almonds around, I can tell that they are raw :)

I just made an online order for Raw Almonds from the Briden Wilson Farm in CA. They had just announced their harvest and I bought a bunch of almonds and a couple of jars of their almond butter. I can't wait to recieve my package. Their website is below:
http://homegrownalmonds.com/

Wow, thanks for that link. A lot of places are charging $15 a pound or more and theirs are under $10.

I buy a lot of fruit - bananas, apples, pears, pineapples or whatever is in season and spinach, kale, arugula etc. I typically shop at Whole Foods so I probably spend about 4-500 at month...they are quite expensive but I'm worth it! I don't grow anything and I don't buy bulk items online.