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SOLE?

Ethicurian?

Localvore?

Sustainable Organic Local Ethical = SOLE.



What is it? For SOLE Mama's it's eating fresh healthy food from local farmers and we do it on a tight budget. So if you're reading SOLE Mama's you were probably wondering how to give your family the best you can without breaking the bank AND still find a way to give back to the community and the planet.

We've all heard the stories about how the supermarket food's already old when it gets to us and we know it, because it goes off really quickly when we get it home. We see our kids developing food allergies and getting cranky from those numbered additives in packet food. And we want to know what else we can give them.

So this is a little corner of cyberspace dedicated to people who want to eat better, cheaper and more sustainably. You won't find any recipes here with "and add a cup of pre-made, store-bought custard" or "and then top with some store-bought cheese sauce". It's all about getting hints and tips on how to eat and shop more ethically, with dead easy recipes that make the most of what you've got because you know at the very least your kids deserve it.

Here you'll find tips on the closest farmers market to Ringwood, or Penrith; which farmers will deliver to you; where to find suppliers of local cheeses and organic meats; which suburban butchers CAN answer your questions on sourcing. And where (and more importantly WHY) you can get your carrots from the source.

One person's SOLE might be a totally vegetarian organic diet … somebody else's SOLE might be buying - as much as possible - from local sources. Someone else's SOLE might be to eat only what's in season.

SOLE's about going back to basics, to a time when life wasn't so complicated. You know, when food had real flavour without needing to add expensive flavour enhancers? When the food was just plain good for us and we didn't need to add extra folate, iron, calcium, and vitamins to it, because we hadn't already killed off the nutrients to get the stuff to the supermarket in the first place. And if you don't know what to do with the fresh stuff, SOLE Mama's will show you.

Do yourself a favour and hang out for a chat and a look around. We're not a bunch of tree-hugging neo hippies. We're a group of ethically-minded food fanatics, always looking for the best, the freshest, and the best value REAL food around!