Real Food Nation — part of The Local Square
Real Food Nation
Philly · SJ · Balt · DE Two-colour riso · Free forever

REAL FOOD,REAL FOOD,
NO NONSENSE.

Farms, markets, co-ops and bulk bins that sell actual food. How to grow your own on a windowsill or a plot, keep the harvest all winter, and pay bent-and-dent prices for the rest. Printed in two inks and total sincerity.

Page one — the finders

Where the real stuff lives.

Sixteen national finders and a hand-checked local list: farmers markets, CSAs, pasture farms, raw-milk states, food co-ops and Amish bulk stores. No fabricated hours, no scraped junk — every card links to the source.

Open the local list →
Centerfold — the skills

Grow it. Keep it.

A zone-7 planting calendar for this exact region, no-money container tricks, community garden plots — then freezing, canning (the safe way), drying, fermenting and root storage so August feeds February.

The growing guide →
Back pages — the hustle

Same food, half price.

Bent-and-dent salvage grocers (PA has about a hundred), bulk produce houses, Amish markets, flea-market growers and end-of-day discounts. Unit-price math and markdown timing included, free of charge.

The cheap real food map →
The fine print, printed large

Eat real. Spend less. Waste nothing.

This whole zine is free, sells nothing, and takes no cut. It exists because knowing where the real food is shouldn't cost anything. Pass it on like a good recipe.