We have put together several of our favorite local resources for organic meats and produce as well as several smartphone apps found to be very helpful and educational.
Meat:
Honey Hill Organic Farm
Chicken, meat, some produce.
At the Brighton farm market every Sunday
http://honeyhillorganicfarm.com/
Heiden Valley Farms
Meat, chicken, turkey, pork, eggs, lamb
At the public market every Saturday
http://www.eatwellguide.org/listing/detail/29759
Sweet Grass Meats
Beef, lamb, chicken, pork, maple syrup
http://www.sweetgrassmeats.com/
Seven Bridges Farm
Beef, pork, chicken, eggs
http://www.sevenbridgesfarm.com/
McDonald’s Family Farm
Chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, pork, eggs
http://www.pasturepride.com/index.html
Fish:
Rochester Seafood Buying Club
Produce:
Genesee Valley Organic CSA
Abundance Food Co-op
Local Harvest
Rochester Public Market
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. year-round
Saturdays from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. year-round.
Brighton Public Market
The Brighton Winter Farmers’ Market is held Sunday afternoons, 1 to 4 pm, at Brighton’s Brookside Center, 220 Idlewood Road.
Online Recipes
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/everyday-cooking/quick-and-easy/
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/quick-easy/fast-dinner-recipes-0
http://www.foodnetwork.com/healthy/packages/healthy-every-week/quick-and-simple.html
Smartphone Apps:
Dirty Dozen (ewg.org)
Eat Local (nrdc.org)
Farmstand (farmstandapp.com)
Food Database (ewg.org)
Feedfeed (feedfeed.info)
Food Labels Exposed (animalwelfareapproved.org)
Fooducate (fooducate.com)
Harvest (harvest-app.com)
Non-GMO Project Shopping Guide (nongmoproject.org)
Seafood Watch (montererybayaquarium.org)
True Food (centerforfoodsafety.org)
Whats on my Food (whatsonmyfood.org)