Morning Glories

This is what Don and I had for breakfast this morning (along with toasted Irish Soda Bread leftover from our tasting this weekend), isn't it gorgeous?! We belong to a food buying club and our latest order contained pasture raised eggs and bacon from Afton Field Farm (http://www.aftonfieldfarm.com). The eggs are an amazing orange color (the eggs in this picture even had a little milk added to them). I read recently that the eggs from pastured hens have significantly less cholesterol, less fat, more vitamin A and vitamin D, than conventionally raised eggs. There is a great national website, http://www.eatwild.com, that has alot of information on pasture raised animals and where you can find access to foods raised in this manner in your local area, (there is also a link to an article published in "Mother Earth News" that discusses the findings of a recent test they did on eggs from pastured hens). Many of the farms have buying clubs. Ours has no fee, they come to Portland once a month, you place your order online a few days before the delivery date (you will be reminded) and you go to the delivery address at a specified time, pick up your order and pay. The meat and eggs we have been getting are divine and it feels good to be supporting these small farmers, eating food that is raised sustainably, and just plain tastes great!