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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Healthy Living / It Always Pays to Buy Top Quality Food

It Always Pays to Buy Top Quality Food

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

Today, I traveled across town to my favorite local buying club to stock up on high quality grassfed meats and jersey milk cheeses. I make this trip every few months and save myself a small fortune. In fact, I have no doubt that I spend at least half what a typical family of five would spend at a regular grocery store buying cheap, processed foods. It is a great source of pride for me to feed my family so well and still be super smart about how much I spend. All you Healthy Home Economists out there know exactly what I’m talking about .. it’s a game isn’t it? Finding top quality and getting great deals is a super satisfying way to shop!

One troubling trend I’ve observed over the past 12 months during these tough economic times is that some folks are cutting back on quality food as they try to save a few dollars. In the end, this strategy is sure to backfire, as buying cheaper food inevitably leads to more frequent colds and even more serious flus and viruses. Being in a weakened state already from a lower quality diet will require doctor’s visits in these cases, as the body probably won’t be strong enough to just throw off the illness itself with no meds. Just one round of antibiotics for one person will set you back around $35 in most cases, sometimes even more than that despite having health insurance. If a family is without health insurance due to an unemployment situation, the meds are triple that price or more, just for one person! Multiply that cost by the number of people in the family as the bug makes its way around the house and you are out a hundred bucks or more for a single illness.
Please keep in mind that part of being a Healthy Home Economist is seeing the big picture and not just the dailyness of paying the grocery bill. It ALWAYS pays to buy top quality, nutrient dense food even under conditions of financial hardship. Good food is always cheaper than meds!
Back to my trip to the local buying club this morning sourcing quality food. Here’s a list of what I purchased, all for well under $300. Incredible savings!

Who says eating well and buying top quality food is expensive?

4 Eberly Cornish Hens
12 lb of grassfed ground beef
2 lb of smoked, wild salmon
3 lb of raw, jersy colby cheese
12 packages of Applegate Farms nitrate free bacon
8 packages of Applegate Farms roast beef slices
8 packages of Applegate Farms turkey slices
2 packages of Applegate Farms bratworst
4 extra large bags (about 3 lbs each) of free range, hormone free chicken nuggets
1 gallon Grade B Vermont Maple Syrup
Don’t delay .. contact you local Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader and get your local list of buying clubs and farms around your area. Start buying top quality and save money at the same time! http://www.westonaprice.org/local-chapters/find-local-chapter
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: Amazon #1 bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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Comments (3)

  1. Jackie

    Jan 25, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    would you ever be able to put together a list of what you buy and about what you pay for it? I am looking for a way to feed my family better but with limited resources around here I want to make sure I am getting a decent price… but I have no idea what those prices should be around!!! I know you said $300 but that was for everything.

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  2. Joseph

    Aug 13, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    I would like to second that question. I live in Tampa also and would be grateful to find out where you do your shopping. Granted I only shop for two but local sources would be great.

    Thanks,
    Joe

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  3. Anonymous

    Aug 4, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    Hi Sarah,

    I live in Tampa also and was curious if you would share with me where to find the local buying club you are talking about.

    I have been trying to find local meat sources but they all want me to buy a whole pig/cow etc. There are only 3 people in our family and that would take years to eat!

    Thank you so much. I really like you blog 🙂

    Reply

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