After my last posting about the movie documentary, Food, Inc., I have had several people ask me about the best places to shop organically and locally. I have compiled a list for you to use around the Lexington/Columbia area. This is certainly not all of the places you can shop for local and organic produce but these are the ones that I am aware of. I know there are many, many more! Please feel free to post one below if it is not on my list. I am always looking for more places to do my grocery shopping. :)
I wish we could get a Whole Foods store or a Trader Joes in our area! Fingers crossed...maybe one day soon!!!
Grocery Stores:
14 Carrot Whole Foods in Lexington is a great local shop filled with organic and locally grown products. They are very helpful and also have coupons you can use in their store online. Check them out!
Earth Fare in Columbia is also another great place to shop for organic foods. Earth Fare resembles a Publix grocery store but everything that fills their shelves is organic. A great place to go shop for foods that are good for you. Earth Fare also provides tons of coupons to use in their stores. They also have a weekly newsletter you can sign up for and they send out a weekly deal that is awesome! One week you got a free pound of chicken breasts when you made a $5 purchase. They also give away free milk, eggs, produce, etc. It is worth driving out to Columbia once or twice a month to load up on awesome deals on organic foods!
Farmers Markets
Town of Lexington's Farmer's Market on Main Street (grassy lot beside the BB&T building) is open from 9am-1pm on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. A great place to find yummy local produce and goods.
Shoppes at Flight Deck Farmers Market is located in Lexington in the parking lot of The Shoppes at Flight Deck, 109 Old Chapin Road. This farmer's market is open 10am-2pm every first and third Thursday, April-October.
State Farmers Market just relocated to its new facility on U.S. 321. It's open 6am-9pm Monday through Saturday, noon-6pm on Sunday.
All-Local Farmers Market offers locally grown produce and organic meats! This is one of the few that provides organic meats which is awesome! They are open 8am-noon on Saturdays at 701 Whaley Street in Columbia's Olympia neighborhood.
Riverbanks Botanical Garden Farmers Market features organic food, homemade goods, and cooking demonstrations by Earth Fare. They are open 2-7pm on Wednesdays in the garden's parking lot, 1300 Botanical Parkway, West Columbia.
Yummmmmmmm!!! I didn't know about Riverbanks, and haven't been to the new State Farmers Market, or the Flight Deck one! I heard on the radio that the Flight Deck one will be open this coming Thursday(5th Thursday), since there are 5 Thursdays in June!
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