Healthy food on a tight budget

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There is a guy at my local farmer's market who sells brown eggs for $4/doz. I tried them a few times, even though I had a hard time justifying the cost. They were okay...nothing spectacular. He doesn't advertise if his eggs are organic, or cage-free, or whatever...so I have no idea if they are or not. Next time I see him there, I will be sure to ask. Yesterday, I picked up a dozen large organic, cage-free brown eggs from Target for $3.89, which is about the cheapest I've seen around here for organic, cage-free eggs.

And I agree with some of the others who say that their farmer's markets are expensive. That is certainly true in my area. Blueberries are routinely sold for $5/pint, which I think is a lot. One of the more reasonable items I've found, is broccoli for $1/head. But most everything else is way more than prices in the supermarket, and most of the produce sold at the farmer's markets in my area are NOT organic. Infact, I can't recall ever seeing any organic produce at the markets here. So, even though the stuff is grown locally, and I'm all for supporting local farmers...it's still not pesticide-free.