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Sustainable Food Guide

Buy local to reduce waste and greenhouse gas emissions, support small businesses and farmers, and eat healthier!

Buy direct from farm:

Meats and eggs

  • Bootstrap Farm Club
    1 Scraggy Neck Extension (corner Rte 28A), Cataumet, MA 02534

    • Meat and produce
    • Store + mobile farm stand + order/pick-up
  • DaSilva Farm
    Teaticket, MA

    • Eggs, poultry, pork and beef
    • In farmer’s markets and they deliver to Southeastern MA and RI
  • Lilac Hedge Farm
    216 Wachusett St., Rutland MA 01543 (774-245-5367)

    • Local cheeses, meats and fish, and produce baskets
    • Farm stand, delivery, and in farmers' markets
  • Walden Local
    2 Highwood Dr., Tewksbury, MA 01876 (857-277-0773)

    • Meat delivery - New England pasture-raised

Sustainable seafood

  • Chatham Harvesters Cooperative
    Chatham, MA

    • Locally caught seafood coop
    • Weekly pickup locations all over the Cape, including Aquatic Brewing in Falmouth

More generally: consult the Monterey Bay Aquarium's consumer guides about which seafood is most sustainable and what to avoid

Produce

  •  Coonamessett Farm
    277 Hatchville Rd., East Falmouth 02536

    • Farm stand open every day 9-5pm
    • Option to pick your own vegetables
    • CSA (produce + local cheese)
  • Bootstrap Farm Club
    1 Scraggy Neck Extension (corner Rte 28A), Cataumet, MA 02534

    • Meat and produce
    • Store + mobile farm stand + order/pick-up
  • Tony Andrew's Farm
    394 Old Meeting House Rd., East Falmouth, MA 02536

    • Farm Stand June-October
    • Pick your own strawberries and veggies in the summer
  • Bay End Farm
    200 Bournedale Rd., Buzzards Bay, MA

    • Farm Stand (June-October) and CSA
    • Certified organic
  • Lilac Hedge Farm
    216 Wachusett St., Rutland MA 01543 (774-245-5367)

    • Mixed produce boxes with seasonal vegetables/fruits

Buying in bulk

Flax Food Coop

  • Order in bulk with plastic-free packaging, sourced directly from producers
  • Diverse beans, grains, coffee beans, dried fruits, baking supplies, etc.
  • Pick-ups every other Tuesday at the Fisherman's Pantry (get 20% discount at the
    Pantry when picking up your FFC order)

Cape Cod Bagel
419 Palmer Ave, Falmouth, MA 02540 (508-548-8485)

  •  Bulk baking ingredients and Falmouth grown eggs

 

Farmers' markets

January-March
Mahoney’s Winter Market
Mahoney's Garden Center, 958 Falmouth Hwy, East Falmouth, MA 02536

  • Saturdays 10am-2pm
  • Public Transportation from Woods Hole/Falmouth: Take the Woods Hole/Hyannis Sealine bus to Seacoast Shores Blvd.

May-October
Falmouth Farmer's Market
Falmouth Marine Park, 180 Scranton Ave, Falmouth, MA 02540

  • Thursdays 12-5pm

Plastic-free miscellaneous

Woods Hole Market
87 Water Street, Woods Hole MA 02543

  • Local milk from Thatcher Farm in glass bottles - deposit/return

Green Road Refill
2655 Main St, Brewster, MA 02631

  • Refill detergents, cleaners, shampoo, etc.
  • At farmer’s market, now a store in Brewster

Green Goddess Herbals
245 Carriage Shop Rd. East Falmouth, MA 02536

  • Bulk soaps, bar shampoo, etc.

Peterson Shepherds
Woods Hole, MA

  • Wool products (dryer balls, blankets, nesting starters).

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