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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
how do you research a company?
So say I want to look into Garelick Farm's. They are local to me (Franklin, MA) so I am thinking even though they are not organic, they are local. I go to their website and it looks good. But really are they going to say that they treat their cows and workers like sh*t on their website. So it got me thinking that I really don't know where to start when looking into a company.
(can you tell I just finished watching Food, Inc. that I DVR'd) Good news is I watched it with my DH and now he better understands where I am coming from when I tell him that I want to buy as much organic as we can afford. And I loved the bit of "voting with your dollar." Which is why I prefer to shop at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's versus Stop & Shop.
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Re: how do you research a company?
This. Call and ask about their farming practices, if they're a good company they'll be open and honest. If you start getting the run around or lots of "uhhs" or "ummms" I'd be hesitant to chose them. Here in Northern VA, I shop at our local Farmer's Market for pretty much everything. Meat, produce, cheese, baked goods, pasta, and a fair amount of value-added crops like BBQ sauce and jelly. Farmer's Markets have more to offer than most people think. I ask the farmer how they raise their chickens, or how they grow their lettuce. Most of them have books out with pictures of their animals/crops. When a farmer needs your business to survive, and you look the person growing your food in the eye, you know they're being honest.
Twice a year, the farms in our county open to the public for Farm Tours. DH and I have a lovely afternoon visiting 2-3 farms that we've bought from at the market, plus a winery or two, and we get to enjoy the scenery. Now I know that when I buy chicken from say, Haskins Farm, I know their chicken are free range and are given no worming drugs, because I've seen them forgaing out in Haskin's fields.