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There is a small pocket of people in my country who get it.

The politicians and business community dont.

Medical docs dont even know what paleo is.

Paleo in my country is an island of sense in a land of ignorance.

In Samoa where I come frOm we eat little or no processed food. Lots of fresh seafood, taro (our version of potato), our beef, chicken and pork is all free range and lots and lots of coconut! Coconut cream, coconut oil, coconut milk, coconut juice all fresh :)

It's a mix in Vancouver. The local food movement is big, but so is the vegan/lowfat thing. I find it very tricky to go out for food. I've gotten ill almost every time I've tried so I don't anymore.

There are great asian markets so local produce and good quality coconut milk is in abundance and there are lots of really good albeit expensive butchers.

I think the most paleo thing about Vancouver is how outdoorsy people are. We walk everywhere because it is so beautiful here, we hike and play by the ocean. BC has the lowest obesity rates of anywhere in Canada (Canada is about on par with the US as far as obesity goes).

I live in Seattle, WA USA. I love the fresh wild salmon and the local co-op grocers and farmer markets.

Though I just moved to New York, my family lives on a farm in North Carolina. Going to the farmer's market for us is sort of expected. While we don't sell anything ourselves there yet, there is a great sense in community with people growing their own produce. It's also fairly easy to get organic and free-range eggs. Because of these communities, a lot of people I know tend to be 'locavores', i.e. they eat only local foods.

At local stores, there are also plenty of meat and fish options, organic and free-range. North Carolina being on the coast means that there is both fresh ocean fish and other meat sources, like cows.

The towns around my area in NC are also very environmentally conscious, and support things like alternative medicine. There's also a lot of good parks and trails. All in all, while most people don't eat strictly paleo, I find that it's an area very amenable to many aspects of the Paleo lifestyle.

Even if you ditch the notion of "paleo", I was brought up on "meat and two veg", the full English breakfast, the "go to to work on an egg" campaign and Sunday roasts. So not too bad. :)

Alas these days, with more and more children [and parents] being unable to cook for themselves, the landscape of the UK's heal this shifting towards that of mainstream America's.

I find it tough in the UK, especially given the economy at the moment.

Where I live, the closest you can get to organic produce is the chain supermarkets, this may differ in other areas, however the selection and price is shocking, creativity in the kitchen is a must! Very time consuming!

Spending money sucks, spear please!

I can get grass-fed beef at a fraction of the cost of supermarket beef, because it's the cheap way to raise cows if you're poor. Same with local fruit & veg, though the choices there are extremely limited.

People only think it's weird that I walk around barefoot 'cause I'm white (and therefore, by definition, should be rich--too rich to be walking in the first place).

It is very easy to avoid fast food, junk food, etc. There's only 1 fast food joint in town, no vending machines, not even any food that doesn't require a 20 minute walk from my office to town.

That being said, Namibia is halfway developed and halfway undeveloped, particularly in the domain of nutrition/health which means everyone LOVES processed food. They wrap fruits & vegetables in styrofoam & plastic in the supermarkets. Nobody raises chickens or eggs to bring to market. . .

Well, it's quite mixed here, in Hungary.

Paleo doctors, nutritionist: I know 2 specifically paleo doctors here (I'm one of the patients), they follow very strict paleo principles.

Paleo restaurants: I've stumbled across paleo restaurants in Budapest (though they're really expensive), many of them has delivery service.

Grass-fed, bio meat availability: carcase meat (bio, grass-fed) is ridiculously cheap in Hortobágy, but elsewhere is rare and horribly expensive. Biomarkets in the capital usually open twice a week, but they're expensive and the supply is very poor for my taste. But to be fair, there are some well-known, trusted butcher everywhere with their own animals, where you can buy some quality stuff.

I don't know where to buy good fish.

I've found only one brand of pastured butter (Kerrygold).

Paleo literature and resources are quite rich, thanks to especially Gábor Szendi. In the capital there are regular paleo clubs and meetings, cooking competitions, I think the paleo community here is very popular and big - however, the anti-paleo propaganda is also very vociferous.

Organic stores: prices are high, and there aren't many. Although there's a new shopping community, an informal association (formed by a few enthusiastic, environmentally conscious customers) with organic, local products at good prices. There are tons of ethnic markets.

Pastured eggs: you can buy in some supermarkets or at Biomarkets.

You can buy pastured and raw milk everywhere.

Supplements market is huge.

All in all, the "paleo market" is not bad for my country's size and economic status but I'm not happy with the prices, the variety of products, and the grass-fed accessibility.

Not that much in germany.

I agree that we still have some sort of traditional food stuff and that fat is rather liked than frowned upon.

Maybe I have to see the situation in the USA to admire that some people go to their local butchers, buy a lot of organic stuff and eat at restaurants serving local food.

But what's the reality? It's still a minority who favor restaurants with local, traditional foods. Even those local foods are still mostly cereal-based.

Well, getting grass-fed in germany is hard if you live in smaller towns. You also don't find any pastured eggs nor do we have duck eggs.

While you can get high quality food the majority of people in germany is eating crap.

Off course, it is great to see local, organic food on the rise in supermarkets and restaurants but you are still a freak if you eat always healthy.

What does "healthy" for germans mean?

For the majority buying the organic version of oreos, pasta, sweets, cookies, bread and bisquits with the good old soy (meat is bad off course) equals health. As a result you see some of those "organic" people in very bad mental and physical health, defending their lifestyle until their last gulp of bionade.

No one knows about paleo, and I mean litereally no one, besides those 2k health freaks. Blank faces if you are talking about this.

As a society, we are not going into a bright future regarding our environment and health. Veganism and Vegetarianism are on the rise and dominate the public discussion about sustainability and health.

However, what is positive about germany?

• Despite those millions robots there is a relativily "big"* health community online talking about the importance healthy foods (whole, organic foods, the glycemid load, omega 3/6 proportions, sustainability, etc.) It is not that big like in the english speaking world but people begin to ask questions

• You can get high quality local, organic produce, meat and fish in every big city

• There's a butcher selling grass-fed meat in my city (Yeah!)

• Older people are still cooking traditional and delicious foods, which is not always that healthy but better than crap and I love that we have traditions

• You can get exactly one brand of pastured butter in germany (kerrygold)

• Most local (conventional or organic) meat is pastured anyway, simply because we have pastures in abundance (Downside: You just don't know if you buy pastured or purely grain-fed organic or conventional meat)

• you can get pastured milk everywhere, unfortunately only pasteurized. But buying raw milk at a farmer is no problem

• people it raw ground pork with salt, pepper and onions as a traditional food on their bread

*with big I mean "it does at least exist"

I've recently moved to Germany, and I say that it's not that bad here.

At the major supermarkets (I was in Kaufland, it's like Walmart I suppose) you can find pig feet, chicken hearts and stomachs, beef and pig liver, beef heart, and ox tail. Don't know if it's grain fed, but like Primordial said, most of the beef here sees a good amount of pasture, just because there's a lot of it around.

I'm also really excited about eating liverwurst, blutwurst and zungenwurst (tounge sausage). A great way to get your organ meats, I just worry about the nitrates.

I managed to pick up some Kerrygold at Edeka, a small grocery store, in a small town. That would be unheard of in the US. "Freilandhaltung" (pastured - I think) eggs are almost always available, which I've been eating with great enthusiasm. Their yolks are bright orange, like pureed carrots, so they must be pastured, or the Germans know how to supplement their layers to get nice yolks. I'm betting on the former.

I'm also on the verge of finding a Wild Boar supplier where I live, I just have to search the farmer's markets I'm told. Definitely excited about making wild game a large part of my diet.

Granted there's no perfect "Paleoland," I'd say some areas of the US and Germany are livable. Anyway, I'd say that part of being Paleo is being able to adapt yourself to your surrounds. Grass-fed beef need not be a staple, you can always find some other meat source.

I live in Southern MD; we have Amish and Mennonite folks here that sell grassfed beef and $3/gal illegal raw milk, and farmer's markets are really catching on. We have a few yuppie transplants who have taken up organic farming, which is fantastic. Most people here don't know about paleo, but the foods are abundant if you know where to look.

I live in Atl, and paleo food isn't hard to come by. Of course, you could end up paying a lot for it if you're not careful.

Several restaurants have started Paleo nights, or have paleo dishes on the menu full-time.

Of course, my doctor told me to eat low-fat food in order to get my just a smidge over 100 LDL down (no comments on my high HDL or very low TG). So, there's that.

While Mexico isn't really "my" country - I have only been living here for six months and am heading back to Canada in a few days - the town where I live here is definitely paleo-friendly.

While most people eat (soaked, prepared) corn products and the market has a huge bakery section, they are easy enough to avoid. The beef is all grass fed - if you have too much grass, borrow a few of the neighbour's cows! - and the vegetables are all organic. Natural pesticides are easily made from other organically grown herbs. Chickens are fed calendula flowers and "pastured" (usually in the front yard) to rummage for bugs. Raw milk is delivered to the house (it's still mostly illegal in Canada). The markets are huge, easy to get to by bus, full of delicious hand-made and home-made items, and not just food.

The US is so diverse, but I can tell you about North Carolina-

I grew up an hour's drive from Kerrygold country (Co. Clare, Ireland). Drank raw milk as a kid. All of our beef is virtually grassfed (still finished on grain). Divine local cheese (if you're into that sort of thing).

Downsides: Irish people adore white bread. White flour was a total luxury 50 years ago so we're gone pretty nuts on it since. People don't seem to care about the quality of food, only price it seems.

Vegetable selection is limited to leafy and root veg. Tomatoes, avocadoes and peppers are mostly imported.

Crappy processed food abounds!

I'm American. Everything is pale about America because we're all about being the best. What's more paleo than that?

In China, it's hard to know what you're getting. At a lot of markets, they'll lie about being the farmer when in fact they've been given some government-subsidized produce from somewhere else that they've unwrapped to sell. This would be different outside of the city though, as China is still mostly villages. But it's always imperative you wash everything well and sometimes even remove peels to avoid chemicals and pesticides (laws on those are pretty lax here).

Nonetheless, selection is great, and people are big on eating seasonal produce. Seasonal fruits are often gifted by the bagful.

It's impossible to find grass-fed beef, as Chinese consumers don't care yet how their meat has been processed, so those types of things aren't even labelled. BUT I've gotten pastured lamb from Mongolia, and it's soo delicious.

Also easy to get good Thai coconut products.

It's nice to never have to go to an Asian market for anything (like I would have to in the States), since stuff like seaweed is at any store.

I can eat paleo at a friend's house or a Chinese restaurant due to family style serving. I just take some meat and veggies (though they are cooked with lots of vegetable oil and corn starch...), and don't help myself to the rice or noodles or steamed buns.