Where do you shop for your healthy foods?

That's too bad!! I would probably just shop at the grocery store if you ask me - it's unfortunate that you can't support your local economy by shopping at the local organic place, but what can you do? If you can't afford it, you can't afford it. I really like shopping at Rainbow foods (a local, big chain grocery store) and they actually have an OK selection, too.

To save money, I just go to my mom's vegetable garden. If not, I like going to this little market called Fresh & Easy. It's not big like a supermarket, it just has the basics like fruit, dairy, snacks, and meals to go. It's very convenient and I stop by when I come home from work.

hi jennik hatley here. I also love Trader Joes, whole foods
and Sprouts who all have natural wholesome food at decent
prices. vons also has an organic grocery section its a little higher
but they do have a lot of sales if you get a vons club card.this
really does pay you to use. I like vons also and Mothers Kitchen too

I can't imagine life without Trader Joe's. I love it there. We get all of our produce at Sprouts/ It may be a Southern California chain. Not usre. The prices on the produce there are generally way lower than they are at the supermarkets or at Trader Joe's. Fortunately, I live close enough to Trader Joe's, Sprouts, and Von's to split up all of my marketing. That's the problem with a lot of the smaller stores. They simply can't compete with chain prices. I agree with previous posters. I think that I would just shop at the supermarket. Good luck finding an alternative.

I shop at the regular grocery store and look for things that are marked "organic." We also have a local farm market where you can buy directly from the farmer. My favorite is our local health food store which gives so many good discounts that it is much more reasonable than the other stores most of the time. Another favorite is our cooperative store. They allow you to buy healthy items in bulk and I have to pay for a membership but it is a lifetime membership and the quality of the healthy items is very good. If all else fails, I use the internet. Many of the herbal formulas and specialty products that I cannot get locally I purchase from the internet.

Whole Foods is pretty good. They get a great variety of organic produce, local produce and a nice variety of organic food to choose from.

Other options are to see if there are any local farmer's markets... locally grown produce is very fresh and some much healthier than produce that was picked early and ripened while traveling cross country. You can also speak with the people selling the produce to see how they grow their products (I've found that most do everything possible to grow organically and many just don't have the organic certification).
Check you local food stores for organic foods also, you may be surprised at what they offer.

Good Luck!

mostly at the MALLS:))

I just go to the local supermarket, i believe that vegetables can also be healthy just because they dont have a label saying ecological/organic. Especially when it comes to vegetables it is just a sign that they have gotten natural fertilizer from cow/pork/chicken instead of a regular fertilizer, and they contain the same things. And ofcause you know they havent used pesticides/herbicides on the field. But thats it.

Though my local supermarket also have a large selection of biological foods, which i choose between especially when it comes to meat, then you know that the cattle has had large fields to walk on, and the chickens havent been in a small house with no room for movement.

I prefer to shop my healthy foods from the registered shops by the respective state departments. I need to be very caution on the health aspect. I usually buy once in a week in the registered shops and store in to the particular period of time.

i just buy in local supermarkets. in any supermarkets. they also have healthy foods. i don't go look for any more in health food stores as i used to . cause health foods are popular now and that they are carried in local supermarkets. like oats cookies, brown rice, vegetables, soya milk and fruit and natural juices. and so if we do some research on what our supermarket are selling we will be suprised that they are carrying enough healthy products around. and so though it is quite expensive too as those sold in health food stores. i find it more comfortable to buy in the supermarket. i have not eaten any red meat and pork for more than 2 weeks now. i eat chicken sparingly. i am more into health foods. and oats basically. so i think what i need to buy for a healthy lifestyle are offered or sold in my local supermarkets or any supermarkets that are big and popular.