Organic Foods by Mail Order

If you're having trouble locating your favorite grocery items, consider purchasing your organic foods by mail order. Although many towns now have health food stores with some organics and major chain groceries are offering organic fruits and vegetables, there are still many items that can be difficult to locate. Because of the ease of online shopping, it is easy to order organic foods and have them delivered right to your door.

While it is usually best to try to support local organic farmers and the costs will typically be much less, there are times when a product isn't available or you want to ship something to a friend. In those cases, it is best to use an organics provider near the person to which you are shipping the items. Especially with fresh foods, distance can have a huge impact on the quality upon delivery as items tend to spoil.

There are many different organic farms around the country where you can mail order your food. Typically, it is best to stick with USDA certified organics to be ensured of the processes and quality of the food items. However, this is a decision you must make for your own family. Also, keep in mind when purchasing costly items that some fruits and vegetables retain more toxins and pesticides than others. Because of this, it is best to purchase the dirty dozen organic whenever possible.

Looking for organic grains, cereals and breads? Here are a few companies that offer these products with organic approval and will ship around the country:

• Fiddler's Green Farm
• Organic Provisions
• Purity Foods

If you want to avoid hormone and pesticide laden products for yourself and your children, you may want to try these companies:

• Applegate Farms – Offers organic turkey, beef, chicken and pork with no minimum order requirement
• Eberly Poultry – Free range poultry
• Homestead Healthy Foods – Offers range fed beef and poultry with no minimum order requirement
• Cedar Grove Cheese – Offers organic cheese in wonderful gift baskets
• Coonridge Organic Goat Cheese

With concerns about mercury and PCBs, organic fish is a must in some cases, especially if your mercury levels are already high. Just remember that there is no process for the USDA to determine if the fish are "organic." Each farm has its own definition of what organic means. Because of this, it is important to ask lots of questions, review customer testimonials and limit even organic fish to only two or three times a week.

• Send Salmon – Offers wild Alaska salmon, smoked
• Smoked Fish – Another source for salmon

This is probably the least common ordered organic foods by mail order. Most of the time, organic fruits and vegetables can be located at nearby farms, farmer's markets and the grocery store. However, some items may be harder to come by or perhaps you want to get a discount for ordering in bulk and start a neighborhood co-op. In these cases, ordering by mail order can become vital. Here are a few of the better known organic farmers providing fruits and vegetables via mail order:

• Diamond Organics – Offers fruits, vegetables and organic herbs
• Suburban Organics – Offers weekly deliveries in South New Jersey, City Center Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, but will ship to other areas around the country
• Pioneer Organics – Grows, delivers and ships organic fruits and vegetables

Want to grow your own organic and heirloom produce? There are several companies that offer organic heirloom seeds as well as information on organic gardening. Try these:

• Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds – Offers many rare and hard to find seeds from yesteryear
• Bountiful Gardens – Offers seeds for vegetables, herbs and flower and grain seeds
• Seeds of Change – Organic heirloom vegetable seeds and information on how to farm organically

Whatever combination of local and mail order organics you decide to purchase, you should be able to find just about any fruit, vegetable or other food you can imagination via Google and other online search engines. As always, carefully check the company and reviews at places such as Epinions to be certain you are purchasing authentic organic products.

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