Try to find out the local grower that supplies your health food store and see if they will sell direct. Secondly, I try to avoid anything that is heavily processed or packaged at our area supermarket. Stick to the outside aisles where the fresh food is located. We also try to eat a bean or rice meal a couple times a week to cut our meat consumption and expenses. For a fee, you can get fresh, organically grown produce six months of the year, from May through November.
Fees depend on size of shares, family size, etc.
You pick up your produce at the garden once or twice a week. CSAs are usually very committed to organic gardening procedures. The Biodynamic Farming Association has a web site and information on CSAs in your area. If Jennifer lives near San Francisco, she should check out the Rainbow Grocery on Folsom, which sells organic, bulk staples as inexpensively as the regular items at regular stores. In other cities, check to see if there is a grocery co-op.