Organic food stores

[WoodyWW]

Originally Posted by in_newengland

There's a good health food store in Hampton, but it's small. You can get some frozen prepared food there and some ingredients for cooking but it's not a grocery store, more a place to buy vitamins and natural non allergenic products like hair color and make up.

There's some sort of natural foods grocery store to the north of that but it's so crazy expensive that I walk in and just walk out again.

The Trader Joes near Portsmouth is big and it's fun to go there. You can get just about everything.

And that seems to be just about it for southern NH.

I went into that "health food store" in Hampton once. Yeah, very little food. How often do people need to buy vitamins?

The "natural foods grocery store to the north of that" is Philbricks, in N. Hampton. I went in there once, & looked at their prepared foods section. Like a Whole Foods prepared foods section maybe, but the Philbricks version looked way less appetizing, or fresh. Like it all had been sitting there too long, & this was in the morning.

Yeah, the Trader Joes near Portsmouth is excellent, of course. I'd advise avoiding weekends, if possible. Just glad there is one anywhere close.....I always have my TJ's "list" for my next trip there.....

[tidaldream]

First of all I LOVE Indian food.. so that's a big score!

I am not strict about being a vegan, I am going through a process at the monent, but
will enjoy meat again as I re-introduce it (after leaky gut heals).

I do like to buy organic vegetables, and it sounds like that would work in the Peterborough area or somewhere near one of the Whole Foods stores / proximity around Nashua or Bedford/Manchester.

The information you've all shared was perfect and you're all very kind,
like diplomats of New Hampshire.

Great thanks!

[Valerie C]

Not sure which area of New Hampshire you're looking most closely at, but if you're in the area, put Cafe Momo on your list! Small & locally owned Nepalese food, there may be 10-12 tables total, and while there's never a wait to get in, be prepared to wait for your food once ordered. Everything is freshly prepared, absolutely wonderful and delicious. Certainly not the cheapest fare, but very tasty and many vegetarian (if not vegan) dishes available.

Originally Posted by tidaldream

First of all I LOVE Indian food.. so that's a big score!!

[MJ5150]

When we lived in Sunapee from 2011-13, organic produce was harder to find than we were used to in the Lacey, WA area.
However, we found it.
Usually it meant a ride up to Lebanon, or down to Whole Foods in Nashua which was fine since we hit up Costco on the same trip.
We did notice Hannafords carried a small amount of organic produce in New London, but not as much in Claremont.
We invested into a couple CSA's in the New London area and went to the farmers markets in and around the area. Usually good healthy produce at reasonable prices from our experience.
Organic? No.
People seemed to look at us a little sideways when we asked, like we were city slickers (which I guess we were), so we quit asking.
Those farmers have their ways of cultivating the land and have been doing so long before I came along, and I am sure are still doing them now that I am long gone, so it wasn't fair for me to make a big deal about it.

-Mike

[AngelaLeonard]

There is a good amount of CSA, farmers' markets and many roadside jobs that sell products. If you want local, you have it. However, if you want local and organic, not much.