I’ve been enjoying finding grocers and chefs who buy direct from local farmers. But this grocer in San Fran has earned a special place in this Virtual Farmgirl’s heart.
Not only is Bi-Rite Market committed to selling local produce, it’s growing its own on a 1/3 acre in Sonoma. The San Francisco Chronicle has this story about it online.
The Chronicle also notes that Bi-Rite butchers its own hogs and for the last four years has had a rooftop herb garden.
Check these stats from what the owner/farmers are billing as an experiment. In one summer:Bi-Rite’s farm produced more than 3,500 pounds of tomatoes, 500 pounds of eggplant, 400 pounds of peppers and 200 pounds of basil.
That’s a lot of pasta sauce and pesto.
Anyone know of any grocers in the Chicago area or in the Midwest that do this? I’d love to check it out.
Virtual Farmgirl 