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I live 90 miles north of Spokane WA.

1 doz free range organic eggs are roughly $4.50

1 gal of raw milk is $9.

1 lb of grass fed ground been is about $6.

Curious about other areas.

UPDATE

According to this crazy accurate poll (I averaged the three items):

The overall average price of the three items is $5.65.

Most Spendy - San Francisco at $9.33.

Least $$$ - Southern New Hampshire at $3.35.

Tip: If you do the raw milk - get thee to an Amish Farm if you can. Best prices by FAR!

EGGS -

Cheapest - Military Commissary Okinawa Japan at $2.

Most $$$$ - San Fran at $7.50.

Beef -

Cheapest - New Hampshire at $3.7 per lb.

Most $$$$ - Ny, NY - $8.99.

Milk -

Least $$$$ - Maryland $3 gallon (Amish)

Most $$$ - San Francisco at $12 a gallon.

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Strauss milk isnt raw its pasteurized but not homogenized. If i could get raw milk for 9 dollars a gallon id drink a gallon every day! You should consider yourself lucky – matt Jul 16 2011 at 4:53
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sara, what makes you think your baby is lactose intolerant rather than dairy protein (casein etc) intolerant? – Katherine Jul 16 2011 at 13:31
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great edit. Happy that I could help get NY to the most$$$$ for beef;) – ben61820 Jul 16 2011 at 14:55
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I did notice that, yes. M, you playing match maker;)? – ben61820 Jul 16 2011 at 16:08
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Ben, I'd be willing to chip in for a cow-share... – Futureboy Jul 16 2011 at 18:15
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Los Angeles-Free Range Omega 3 eggs $3.00 a dozen from Trader Joe's. Grass Fed ground beef is $5.99 a pound from Henry's, steaks more. I don't drink milk but a quart bottle of raw milk is about $3-$4.

I would think you would have some good farmer's markets or could get directly from a farmer up there, no?

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Poulsbo, WA in the house! Organic eggs from farmer's market around 4-5 bucks a dozen although now I think my husband has a connection at work for eggs for 3 bucks...we'll see how that goes. Milk, only goat's milk available at our market is 8 bucks, 1/2 gallon. I buy Twin brooks creamery milk, non-homagenized for around 4 bucks a gallon, and beef from Farmer Tom at the market for about 7-12 a pound, depending on the cut. I consider us pretty lucky regarding prices...it breaks my heart to see people have to pay so much more for different things in different areas of the country.

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I live in New York, specifically Brooklyn, moved here from Seattle. Huzzah WA State! :)

1 dozen pastured eggs: $6; I get my milk in glass quart bottles and it's about $5 - $$ dependent on the greenmarket I go to; 1lb of grass finished beef, born/bred/raised in NY, is $5.99lb

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Ah I miss seattle so much! That is my true home! Have fun, seattle is an amazing place! And also, WHAT they still sell milk in glass bottles!? – thevansleaving Jul 16 2011 at 3:46
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if you are really looking for geoducks try uwajimaya they always have them it's in the international district near the amtrack/safeco field they're alive!!!!!!! – mulletard Jul 16 2011 at 3:52
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@meredith - Going 'ducking, then, or just buying? Easy peasy at Pike Place for sure. It's nice as sashimi or just use like you would a clam. Oh hell - here is a few of my faves :) If you like sushi, hands down Maneki in the International District. Uwajimaya grocery is down there, too, and is amaaaaazing. Dinner/Lunch: Etta's, Salumi, Dahlia Lounge, Crow, 5-Spot. Breakkie: Etta's, The Dish, 5-Spot, 22 Doors. Alki Bakery has options for you and is across from the beach. Bars: 9lb Hammer, Linda's, Bathtub Gin. Coffee: Vivace, Victrola. Macrina Bakery. Have FUN! Jealous :) – jesuisjuba - paleorepublic.com Jul 16 2011 at 4:09
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generally you can't dig any clams in the summer because of red tide and yes goeducks are closed right now because of it :( – mulletard Jul 16 2011 at 4:20
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I live in a burb of Orlando - I pay $3.99 for a flat (18) pastured eggs. Grass fed ground beef is $6.99 a pound. I don't drink milk but I believe it's about $7 for a quart at the farmers market.

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The eggs they sell at the commissary are not free range, nor are they organic but those are 2.00 a dozen, if you go out in town [which I still have no idea if they are free range or organic] they are 5-6 dollars a dozen with the exchange rate. When we buy milk [rarely] its a half gallon and it costs 4.00. The ground beef at the commissary is also not organic or grass fed, but for 93/7 I think it is 3-4 dollars a pound. Organic ground bison though is 5.00 a pound :]

Also, I completely missed the part where you said you ARE from washington!

Guess I should have added where I live now, we kick it in Japan now :] Okinawa to be specific.

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San Francisco

  • Pastured Eggs: $6.50 - $7.50/dozen

  • Grass Fed Ground Beef: $6.50-$8.50/lb

  • Raw Milk: $12/gallon (Organic Pastures at the Farmers Market)
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Yep, that's what I'm seeing in SF too. The 1 lb bags of Pacific Pastures ground beef from Good Life are a little cheaper - so I sure hope they aren't scamming me because I buy it often. I was telling a friend about the egg prices and his jaw dropped; he's from the backwoods in West Virginia and has his own coop (and goats for their own milk - I'm so jealous). At the local farmers' market CAFO eggs are barely a dollar a dozen - so $4.00/doz for pastured seems like highway robbery to him. – CaveRat Jul 18 2011 at 21:02
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Portland OR area: these prices are for a standard groceries at Winco (except the bison). They are not organic, grass fed, cage free, etc. But they are affordable and highlight that it is possible to eat a decent diet on a budget.

Dozen eggs: 1.45 Milk: 2.95... I think, I don't buy it. 1 lb beef: 3.49 1 lb bison: 3.99

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I'm in Tulsa, and free range eggs are about 4.50 a dozen, raw milk is $5 a gallon, and grass fed beef is around $6.00 a pound for ground, more for steak.

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I'm in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX and mine are about the same. $4 for a dozen pastured eggs from a local farm, $4.99/lb for ground beef from a local grass-fed ranch, and $9 for a gallon of raw milk from a local grass-fed dairy. The milk is actually $7/gallon but I'm in a co-op and the dairy is a couple of hours away so they charge $2 extra per gallon since one gal drives out to get it for all of us in the co-op.

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Bay Area CA- Havent found pastured eggs at the store or farmers market but qualityish eggs are roughy 4 dollars a dozen

raw milk - 9 dollars a half gal.

grassfed beef. 4.89 a pound .. Milk pail market Mountain View CA -hit it up!

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I live in Providence, RI and I can get

Pastured eggs for about $4/ doz but there's one farm stand that sells them for $3 Raw milk I have to get over the state line in Massachusetts but it runs about $5-6 dollars a gallon a pound of ground grassfed beef is usually about $6-7 dollars

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Edmonton, Alberta - Canada

Pastured Eggs: $5.50 /dozen
Grass Fed Ground Beef: $5 /lb
Raw Milk: not sure I get mine for free
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Raw milk: $5.6/liter

organic eggs: $7/kg

Local wild salmon: $17/kg (I dont buy beef when salmon is in season, i only eat fish then, better value and i like it more)

grass fed ground beef $18.2/kg

I never buy ground beef tho, boring stuff, but for comparisons sake. Oxtail, cheeks, tongue, hanger steaks are better.

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Southern New Hampshire, USA

Eggs(pastured)-$3.00 Raw Milk ? Don't drink it Ground Beef(Pastured/Grass fed) $3.70/Lb

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I live in Chattanooga, TN. We pay $5/ gallon for raw milk, $5.00/dozen for pasture eggs ($6.50 for soy-free), and $5.50/lb for grass-fed ground beef

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I live in southern MD- pastured eggs are about $3 a doz from local farmers, I hear illegal raw milk from the Amish is $3 a gallon (!!!), and before my gf beef source stopped selling (due to too many complications from the county gov) it was $6/lb. Now I order from Vermont or go 1.5 hours to my nearest Whole Foods in Annapolis. We have a health food store that sells non-homogenized gf milk for $4 per quart; it's a mom & pop place, so their prices are pretty high.

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I live in Brooklyn, New York.

1 dozen free range organic eggs costs from $4-$7.

Raw milk is not available.

1 lb of grassfed beef from Trader Joe’s is $5.99. Everything else is more expensive. The local farmer’s market’s version is $8.99 per pound.

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Los Angeles, CA

Grass fed beef: Ground-$5, $8+ for whole cuts

Eggs: O3 eggs-$4/dozen, Pastured eggs from NZ-$5/half dozen, Farmers market eggs-~$5/dozen

Milk: OP raw milk-$7/half gallon, Trader joe's Cream top milk(non-homogenized)-$7/gallon

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North of Atlanta GA

  • Raw Milk Gallon $6
  • Farm eggs $4/dz
  • Grassfed ground beef $4/lb
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West Tennessee

  • Raw Milk - Amish down the street $2/gal (feed corn while milking), in my CSA box grassfed $3.50/quart
  • Farm eggs - $2.50 - 4.00/dz
  • Grassfed ground beef $3-6/lb
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San Antonio, Texas:

• Raw milk gallon - $6
• 1 lb. grass-fed ground beef - $3.50
• Dozen pasture farm eggs - $3

I don't buy the milk very often, unless I'm making yogurt. More often, I'll opt for raw cream instead, which is $8/quart.

We belong to a local food buyers club (RealFoodSA.com) so these prices reflect a group buying discount. You would pay significantly more - especially for the eggs and beef - if you bought directly from the farm as an individual.

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NW Ontario:

Eggs: 3.50/doz(small chicken farm nearby) beef: $2.50/lb(Arborg MB source) milk: ???

?: Does anyone have any sources for SURREY BC CANADA and area(specifically SOUTH SURREY BC)? I will be heading there in a short time and would like to get tha 'hook up'.

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Vancouver, Canada

free range organic eggs are 5.99/doz grass fed organic ground beef from the local farmers market is 8.00/lb i have never seen raw milk around here unfortunately.

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Toronto, Ontario (no raw milk)

Farmers market:

  • Pastured eggs: $5/dozen
  • GF ground beef: $4-5/lb

Whole Foods

  • Organic eggs: $7/dozen
  • GF ground beef: $7.50/lb

Whole Paycheck strikes again!

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Great post

Austin, TX

Free Range, Cage Free eggs, locally raised $4.99 /12

Pure Thai Coconut Milk - what i drink Silk coconut (more sugar and stuff) about 2.99/ gallon for both

1lb Farmers Market, Free Range Grass Fed Ground Beef 9.00/lb

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Germany, Lower Saxony, Twist

Free range pastured eggs: $2.54/dozen

Raw milk: $2.67/gallon

Grass-fed ground beef: $3.80/lb

All prices after currency conversion, obviously. Food is cheap in western Lower Saxony: Great if you can live with the digital diaspora and cultural wasteland.

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they have the internet in germany? – ben61820 Jul 16 2011 at 21:02
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Lancaster, PA

Pastured eggs: from $2.75/doz to about $3.50/doz. I actually pay $2 for a flat (1 1/2 doz) because a co-worker is also a farmer and he likes us. Everyone else gets charged a mite more (about $3/flat).

Raw Milk- I pay $5.50/gallon for Jersey milk straight off the farm. I've seen it in retail at about $3 for a half gallon for Holstein (but, yuck! Tried it once.) I've seen local listings for Jersey milk at $3 a gallon, but that's a bit below the going rate, so I didn't bother seeking out the farm as that makes me think they may not be up to snuff and I don't want to deal with the hassle of finding the place and then analyzing it. Plus, where I go now is super convenient- practically across the street from a health food store. :-)

Ground Beef (pastured)- $4.50-$4.75/lb where I get it (same beef, the cheaper is at the health food store, the pricier is on the farm- I don't think it's THEIR beef- but sometimes the store is out, so I pay more at the farm). I've seen it at another farm for over $5/lb.

I should point out that cage free/"free range" eggs in the grocery store are about $3.50/doz but are rarely actually pastured, regular ground beef is between $3.50 and $4/lb usually, and regular milk is about $3.50 a gallon (I think). So, for about $2 extra a week, I eat a LOT better. Though it is a little more running- takes me about an hour every weekend to hit the farm and health food store. There are no Whole Foods or Trader Joes around here, but a lot of little mom & pop type health food stores- one of which carries Green Pastures products at the same or lower price as ordering in bulk online. Yay!

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lol True- "my farm" is an Amish farm- so is the health food store, actually. Another farm where I get pastured chicken and pork is plain Mennonite. Quality varies from farm to farm. For example, my dad's neighbor actually eats margarine (ew!) but his eyes lit up when I mentioned how much pastured turkey goes for. :-D The farm I get my milk from is a private buyers club, and they follow WAPF. They even sell NT and have tons of WAPF flyers. Love them! And I KNOW how well pastured their animals are, I always see the Jerseys grazing, and almost ran over the chickens several times. – WordVixen Jul 17 2011 at 23:22
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a week ago in Kansas City, on the Kansas side: pasteured eggs (Mennonite farmers) were $6 for 18 count Raw milk (Mennonite farmer) runs around $7 a gallon if you belong to the dairy CSA plus $4 for the bottle deposit. They had a try it with 1/2 gallon for free if you paid the bottle deposit. Grass fed beef or lamb $5 to $8 per lb. depending on cut (both grass finished also) and *Local *Grass fed/finished Bison around $6/lb for ground. Our Trader Joes just opened yesterday and I haven't gotten over there to check out prices, but right now I'm happy with the quality and prices from the Farmers Market. I forgot to add that a local nursery (plants) has free range chickens already frozen for $2.99 a lb which is outstanding. They are way out in the country and you never know if that chicken you bought is one you saw running down the driveway a couple weeks ago as you pulled in.

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Victoria, BC Canada

1 dozen local organic farm eggs : 6.00

1 gallon of non-homogenized organic pasteurized (can't legally buy raw in canada)milk: $17.20 (Insane I know - need to find a better source b/c I don't buy from this one)

1 lb grass fed beef: $6.75

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Albany, NY -

Dozen Pastured Eggs: $3 - $5 (avg. $4)

1 Gallon Raw Milk: $5 (plus an hour's worth of gas roundtrip)

1lb Grass Fed Beef: $6 - $10 (avg. $8)

The nice thing is all of the products are truly local. The price differences are "direct from farmer" vs. markup at the markets or local health food store.

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