Look for their products soon under "Organic Gardening."  They have a fire-ant killer that sounds great. Can't wait to try it. The last time I tangled with fire ants, I ended up in the Lewisville Hospital Emergency Room. I owe them big time.

The nice folks at TOFGA have allowed us to hand out a flyer in their booth.  If you stop by, be sure to pick one up.  It has a coupon code good for 10 percent off your purchases on the site through Oct. 19 when the Fair ends.

As we said in our press release, "...as food budgets get tighter and tighter, it'g going to be harder and harder for consumers to opt for healthy eathing choices.  Keeping our prices as low as possible will allow us to deliver more value for the food dollar." 

We think our prices are now competitive with the higher end markets like Whole Foods and Central Market, but dollar-for-dollar our producers are delivering a much higher taste profile and a far healthier product that you can get with grass-fed beef or poultry raised by traditional methods.

The drinklocalwine.com site launched this week with reports on wines from 16 states and Canada (none from California, however.  The site defines regional wines as being from anywhere but.)  Jeff blogs about three Texas wines on the new site and on his blog--definitely worth reading.  His latest post is on Sunset Winery in Burleson and their Moon Glow Merlot, which won an award at the Dallas Morning News competition earlier this year--definitely worth drinking.  We had some at a Slow Food event at the winery last year.  Been meaning to go back for some more.  Now I will for sure.

And, when you log in as a member, you'll also have access to the Producer's Blog ,where (we hope) our producers will share some of their insights, as well as the EatGreenDFW discussion group where you can \give us your two cents on any topic you'd like (within reason that is).  

So  sign up now.  It's free!

La Cuesta's cheese is described "just soft  enough to turn a cracker into a canvas and just spicy enough to demand your respect," while Round Rock's honey is "never heated or filtered during processing" and "is said to help with seasonal allergies, with varieties labeled to show which area of Texas the hives were in."

You should try some.

In the first, Texas Meats, a consortium of several North Texas ranchers including Robert, was named "Best Grass Fed" beef in a Dallas Observer article that extols its virtues. "Grass-fed, organic beef is free of most of the hormones, antibiotics, pesticides and herbicides that work their way into supermarket beef. The meat also doesn't come from the downer cows on fork-lifts that you see on the evening news. But mainly, as most people who eat it will tell you, it just tastes better. "  Couldn't have said it better myself.

The second article, FOOD: Everything Old Is New Again, also in the Dallas Observer ends with this paragraph:

"And when asked about the long-term prospects for his business and those like him, he says, 'So long as the mainstream food supply remains corrupt, our outlook looks bright. And the government hasn't disappointed me yet.' "

And to show that eating green is even getting traction in the MSM  there's this piece that aired on Channel 33 under the headline "Safer Food."  You'll need to scroll through the videos.  The piece ran on Tuesday.

By the way, one of our visitors suggested that we sell EatGreenDFW T-shirts, coffee cups and the like in the store.  Think there would be any buyers?  How about if we promise to sell them at cost.