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Day One: Eating All Local

4/17/2021

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Morning comes, and the grocery order of the day before is safely stored in my refrigerator. The sheer amount of produce and meat that came from local sources is somewhat hard to believe even after a delicious spring and summer farmer’s market season with other vendors in Green Bay. Produce with Purpose Farm has a strong variety available for the time of year, and access to humanely raised and butchered meats propelled them up the list of my favorite places to shop in the last month. It only made sense that I would eventually set up a farm box pick up, and here we are using it as a challenge opportunity.

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1 Week All Local Cooking Challenge

4/10/2021

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Hi folks, long time no write. It’s been a hell of a few months. My health is still not quite where I want to be, but I’m very excited about a challenge I issued for myself starting Thursday, April 15th with a big farm box from Produce with Purpose over at Revolution Market in Green Bay. I’ve debated for a long time if I should start picking up with them weekly after several pleasant in person visits and their new delivery service through Eat Street, and I woke up on a Sunday morning with a fresh idea: let’s cook and eat local only for one whole week starting with them.

And trust me, I know I’ve been screaming on the rooftops about how much I love this place. It might even be getting annoying. I really believe in what they’re doing over there in trying to make these kinds of goods accessible throughout the year. Home delivery, farm boxes, daily vendor hours. It’s dedication, and I’m dedicated to it. It’s a mission I believe in, and to try to live it a little bit more myself, here’s what I’m doing.

My husband and I try to stick to a $100.00 grocery budget a week, which I will surpass slightly buying local meat for our meals. I’m okay with a little extra money out the door to eat local. We’ve got a few weeks in our area before the farmer’s markets start opening and more and more vendors start selling. If this little challenge works out, we will continue to spend nearly every cent of our grocery budget on our local growers and producers.

Here are my rules:
  • The majority of what we eat each day needs to come from this grocery box
    • Dipping into the pantry to supplement is okay
    • Frozen meats from earlier in the year also okay
  • Leftovers count for a meal the following day
    • Nothing wrong with cooking big
  • I will be baking with the Organic Artisan Blend Bread Flour i bought
    • I recently revived Quaran-Tina, AKA my lockdown sourdough, she needs friends
  • Try new things
    • I’ve never had swiss chard or ramps, time to play!

If this sounds like something you want to try yourself, Produce with Purpose is open for box building until 7 am on Tuesday each week to give them time to gather up what you order. Green Bay and Fox Valley locals have got some time to figure out what they want if you want to do this with me.

Visit their Barn2Door ordering website here if you’re interested.

Below is a list of what I personally ordered for the coming week, and if I come out of a recipe particularly proud, I’ll post it for you to try!

  • Buttercase Cheese
  • Honeycrisp Apples
  • Carrots
  • Crimini Mushrooms
  • Organic Chicken Eggs
  • Baby Swiss Chard
  • Russet Potatoes
  • Fingerling Potatoes
  • 1 Baguette
  • Organic Artisan Blend Bread Flour
  • Dozen Duck Eggs
  • German Butterball Potatoes
  • Flatleaf Parsley
  • Rck’s Foraged Pizza Pizza Kit
  • Scallions
  • 3lb Onion Mix
  • Green Garlic
  • Ramps
  • Brussel Sprouts
  • Broccolini
  • King Trumpet Mushrooms
  • Chicken Wings
  • Bacon from Roskums
  • Pork Spare Ribs
  • Beef Knuckle Bones-- For Stock


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