pot roast. Anyway, until I can find a small local chicken producer, I buy Bell & Evans from the local independent grocery store. I highly recommend reading “The Omnivore's Dilemma” for the section on Polyface Farm in...

of the District line or Dean and DeLuca on M Street in Georgetown. Or come to the Dupont Circle Farmers' Market on Sunday morning and get free-range, organic local meat from Sunnyside Organics (beef), Polyface (great heirloom...

to many of them, and almost all of them have something to recommend. Last weekend I was in Dupont (searching for the aforementioned rhubarb) and I noticed that Polyface wasn’t selling chickens. When I asked why, they told me...

If you come to the Dupont Circle farmers' market on Sunday morning, there are two natural meat purveyors who usually have lard for sale, packed in canning jars. Polyface from Virginia has incredible pork, so I’m sure their...

, but don’t recall offhand where. Perhaps Equinox(?). If you go to Arlington or Dupont farmers' markets, you can sometimes get it from Polyface, who supplies Eve and Equinox. They can probably give you cooking suggestions,...

, too) frequently has lovely porcini (not today, though). They are not cheap, but worth the splurge now and then. Also, I find Polyface pork, chicken, and lamb to be up to the task of producing good Tuscan cuisine They also come...

My favorite farmers' market here in DC—Dupont Circle on Sunday morning has two stands selling green-raised, “heirloom” pork. One of the two purveyors is Polyface, which was profiled in a NY Times Magazine piece...

Dupont Circle. Sunday morning 9-1. Several cheesemakers. Sunnyside Organics from Little Washington, VA. Polyface free-range meats (absolutely awesome pork). Lots of organic farmers. Small, compared to markets on the West Coast,...

their pork exclusively from Polyface Farms, of Omnivore’s Dilemma fame. Oh look, I found a link http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032500813_pf.html

veggies and herbs. Polyface, which was featured in a NYTimes Magazine article last year by Michael Pollan, about ethical meat production/consumption has chicken, lamb, beef, sausage and the best “heirloom” pork...

! This market is close enough to get meat and eggs from Polyface Farm (a very famous sustainable organic farm in Virginia) and they got in some nice meaty grass-fed oxtails. I got about three pounds for about five bucks and got...

Shaner’s chicks have plenty of roaming outdoors and weeds and bugs. Probably not pastured as well as Joel Salatins in his mobile chicken coop at Polyface farms, but he might be able to direct you to someone in CA that does...

interviews with organic farmers like Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms. Here is a link to Joel’s website, btw: www.polyfacefarms.com

You nailed it. Polyface Farms would be an excellent example of what you’re talking about.

Apple Cider Brined Polyface Farm Pork Loin (Thank you Joel – you also made my meatloaf delicious last night)with perhaps a sage, cinnamon, allspice crust. Macaroni and cheese and black eyed peas.