Reasonably Priced Local Stuff:
Avanti cheese made in Walnut, IL from surrounding dairy farmers' milk. I've seen this local cheese in a Walmart and now in Sullivan's. Yummy!
I needed eggs so I purchased them at Sullivans, rather than my usual (cheaper) choice of Walmart. Cooking breakfast, I found myself with 2 egg cartons in front of me - Sunny Meadow from Walmart and Pearl Valley from Sullivans.
The Pearl Valley carton boasted 'No antibiotics or hormones'. The Sunny Meadow brand boasted...nothing. What unnecessary ingredients have we been consuming? After looking up both products I discovered that Walmart eggs are nothing special. I have no idea where they come from or any indication that Walmart cares at all about the chickens.
On the other hand, I was quite impressed with the Pearl Valley website. It is an Illinois company, they make their own feed from Illinois crops (at least in part), they believe comfortable chickens produce more eggs. They also create products from their 'waste' - manure from the chickens' waste and egg white and egg yolk products from broken eggs.
Up until now, I've been avoiding thinking about this stuff. How can I pay $3 a dozen for organic eggs? But I can make this switch - from the unknown Walmart eggs to a local product and smaller business.
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