I wish it was that easy. Yes I hate the man and his companies politics, but it's way to convenient during these times to just boycott. I'd use ebay more if their return policy was as good as Amazon's.
"I am trying to figure out how or if I can source food locally from farmers and such."
Have you done a search for a list of CSAs? Community Supported Agriculture could be the ticket if you enjoy preparing your own food.
A few of us do it in our family and it and I find it to be a great value here in South Louisiana.
Here are three videos that make me laugh and still teach me new tricks to cooking and I am 77 years old. It is fun just to watch. Make sure and notice what is on the back wall of his kitchen. The first two are chicken recopies that take no more then 10 minutes but use fresh ingredients and huge flavor.
A long, long time ago I saw that doctor who rolls around naked in the mud in Arazona(?).
He told Johnie Carson, that he didn't trust margarine and was not going to give up butter, he said something about margarine's carbon-carbon double bond making him cautious. This was just when everyone was freaking out about butter. For some reason I trusted him, course I didn't know then that he rolled around in mud. I never gave up butter or red meat.
And watch the videos, you'll get a laugh and be supporting, whether he knows it or not a fellow pede, as demonstrated when he tells you about the "time police".
I live in a rich ag area, so this may not work for you, but a lot of farmers here in Oregon advertise on Craigslist. I buy meat straight from the farmer this way. A lot of them even deliver it.
I am trying to figure out how or if I can source food locally from farmers and such.
Search for farmers markets within a 25 mile radius of where you live and start getting produce from them. Buy enough so that you can freeze or can things to get you through the winter. Find a butcher shop to buy your meats.
If you like to cook and use herbs you can easily grow your own herbs inside. You can grow potatoes in a large outdoor pot. You don't even have to do anything except get a potato, let it sit until it grows eyes, get a big pot, some potting soil and fertilizer and throw the potato in the potting soil. It will start growing more potatoes. Herbs are super easy to grow. I've grown cilantro, basil, and rosemary. Rosemary will get big like a bush so if you put it in a big pot and prune it to shape you can also use it for decor at your front door or on your balcony/patio.
Also, my daughter has been in Japan for 2 years. She says it's mostly the older generation that's racist toward white people. She has also commented on how homogeneous their country is, though.
I wish it was that easy. Yes I hate the man and his companies politics, but it's way to convenient during these times to just boycott. I'd use ebay more if their return policy was as good as Amazon's.
I salute you! I boycott what I can, but you're taking it above and beyond!
"I am trying to figure out how or if I can source food locally from farmers and such."
Have you done a search for a list of CSAs? Community Supported Agriculture could be the ticket if you enjoy preparing your own food.
A few of us do it in our family and it and I find it to be a great value here in South Louisiana.
https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/community-supported-agriculture#find
We shop only from local farmers and also misfits. Organic produce delivered weekly
Here are three videos that make me laugh and still teach me new tricks to cooking and I am 77 years old. It is fun just to watch. Make sure and notice what is on the back wall of his kitchen. The first two are chicken recopies that take no more then 10 minutes but use fresh ingredients and huge flavor.
https://youtu.be/OFLDJ8TQqKA https://youtu.be/Rdb8Qg1F1TA
https://youtu.be/gyLCCZnOdTk
And if you watch this short video on how to caramelize onions you will learn why he keeps a big tub of butter right by him as he cooks.
https://youtu.be/5o-u7zjlShQ
A long, long time ago I saw that doctor who rolls around naked in the mud in Arazona(?).
He told Johnie Carson, that he didn't trust margarine and was not going to give up butter, he said something about margarine's carbon-carbon double bond making him cautious. This was just when everyone was freaking out about butter. For some reason I trusted him, course I didn't know then that he rolled around in mud. I never gave up butter or red meat.
And watch the videos, you'll get a laugh and be supporting, whether he knows it or not a fellow pede, as demonstrated when he tells you about the "time police".
I live in a rich ag area, so this may not work for you, but a lot of farmers here in Oregon advertise on Craigslist. I buy meat straight from the farmer this way. A lot of them even deliver it.
This Pede understands that democracy happens not only in the booth, but also in the store. The booth part is the easy part!
Give that man several coats, from lesser known brands, for it is the way.
"foreigner" is a VERY common word in Japan -- my 2 week business trip there back in 1990 REALLY opened my eyes!!
Search for farmers markets within a 25 mile radius of where you live and start getting produce from them. Buy enough so that you can freeze or can things to get you through the winter. Find a butcher shop to buy your meats.
If you like to cook and use herbs you can easily grow your own herbs inside. You can grow potatoes in a large outdoor pot. You don't even have to do anything except get a potato, let it sit until it grows eyes, get a big pot, some potting soil and fertilizer and throw the potato in the potting soil. It will start growing more potatoes. Herbs are super easy to grow. I've grown cilantro, basil, and rosemary. Rosemary will get big like a bush so if you put it in a big pot and prune it to shape you can also use it for decor at your front door or on your balcony/patio.
Also, my daughter has been in Japan for 2 years. She says it's mostly the older generation that's racist toward white people. She has also commented on how homogeneous their country is, though.