On 3 Aug 2012 11:47:31 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>Before hitting the county fair, I re-visited a new store in town,
>Ploughboy Foods. Whoa! Whatta difference since they first opened a
>little under two years ago. Then, it was little more than a fledgling
>hole-in-the-wall. I've seen bigger fruit stands.

Bigger than at Chick Fil A? hehe

>Now, it's all grown
>up. A serious all organic mkt, and looks like it will do enough
>business to make it through this Winter, unlike last year when they
>closed for a few months. Also, unlike all the crappy health food
>stores, fulla highly processed health foods (a dubious term), this one
>has some serious eats. I bought a grass fed rib-eye steak, some local
>summer sausage, some absolutely killer swiss cheese, a French
>baguette, and a big ol' cabbage. They have about 10X more stuff than
>when they first opened and business was good. I actually hadda wait
>in line to check out. It was specially nice to see the large
>selection grass fed beef cuts, as this is cattle country and almost no
>one carries the stuff. We have one very large and prosperous meat
>company, here, and "grass fed" is like a dirty word to them. The
>health food stores carry nothing but GF hamburger and some elk cuts.
>I particularly enjoy the fact that Ploughboy (old English) sits right
>across the street from Safeway, IMO the most evil mkt on the planet.
>Yay! Go PB Inc.
>
>http://www.ploughboyinc.com/
>
>nb

Looks like a great store.