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My price comparison is Pacific NW, which is probably 2/3 of your prices.

paul spencer
by paul spencer (spencerinthegorge AT yahoo DOT com) on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 11:59:00 AM EST
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Unless you go to Hunts Point Market, in which case  the price is a tiny fraction of that. I only did that once: it requires a car, a fair amount of time, and organizing a group of people to share the food that you buy.
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 12:41:31 PM EST
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I don't know about the northwest, but I was rather surprised to find that the Bay Area had higher prices for food (store bought) than NYC. Of course that just might be a function of my friends not having figured out where to go.
by MarekNYC on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 01:19:18 PM EST
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Just as an example, I buy pasture raised, grass fed organic milk for $3 per half gallon. Good local butter for $4/lb (though it's not nicely packaged - you buy it by weight), great prime aged steak at $8/lb for sirloin, $13 for shell or ribeye at an old italian butchers in the Village. You want good reasonably priced fresh fish, go to Chinatown or some of the greenmarkets. My local greenmarket also has very nicely priced good veal.

I'm food obsessed with a limited budget so I've put a fair amount of effort into figuring out where to buy.

by MarekNYC on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 01:23:31 PM EST
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Yes, the Bay area is more expensive than the NW.

Out of your way a bit, but I have a second cousin in southern NJ who is a full-scale organic farmer. You might be interested anyway - google "Neptune Farm". Their web-site has been "under construction" for months, but there are articles about the farm, including one about a series of wind turbine tests there.

paul spencer

by paul spencer (spencerinthegorge AT yahoo DOT com) on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 at 11:30:00 PM EST
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