EcoFriendly Foods

Everybody's Talking About It

Alright, everybody means everybody and we know it's not everybody, but A LOT of people sure like EcoFriendly Foods pork in New York.  EcoFriendly's co-founders Bev and Janelle Eggleston will be participating in the series of charity dinners at Momofuku to benefit City Harvest and the Food Bank for New York City on March 10. 

Who else is talking about it?  Well, we spotted it in Eater and in Katie Parla's blog among others. Even Channel 4 got word about it.

An Interview with Bev Egg and his Super Swine

Our main man, Bev Eggleston, has lots to say about our plans for New York City, the nature of our animals and why they taste so good. Read about it in the Savory Cities blog .  More links coming in a few days, too, to other fun stuff.  And have you always wondered what to do with that beef mock tender you see at the farmers market?  We'll have some answers.  That, and hopefully something to let you know just how good those gourmet marrow bones are when roasted with a little parsley and a touch of salt!  Photo by Stephanie Todaro.

At the Markets - February 21 and 22, 2009

Lots of great fresh meats for you this weekend at the Arlington and Dupont Circle farmers markets.

Look for beef rack and sirloins.  As for pork, you’ll want to check out our Rocka-baw (Duroc Ossabaw cross), with rib chops, blade steaks, boston butts (shoulder roasts), ham roasts, and whole cross cuts.  We also have the same cuts from our popular Farmers Cross.

If you haven’t tried our lamb recently, now would be a good (and tasty!) time.  We have two khatadin lambs fresh this week.  All cuts, chops, deboned legs, roasts and shanks.

And more fresh EcoFriendly veal – half carcass, rib and loin chops, scallopini, osso bucco, shoulder chops, stew meat and sirloin steaks.

Out of the freezers, you’ll be pleased to know we found a lot more whole & half chickens, whole legs, split breasts, boneless skinless breasts, wings, a few backs, and lots of feet, necks and livers.  So we’ll still be going strong for a couple more weeks with the frozen birds, including poussin.  The season for fresh chickens will hopefully start up again in late April.

What else from the freezers? Ground beef, pork, lamb and goat and plenty of sausage.  Our popular breakfast links, hot Italian links & bulk mild Italian sausage, grandpa’s sausage in bulk, as well as our chorizo.  Many of you took advantage of our buy one get one free sale on the chorizo and we’ll be doing it again this weekend.

Look for pork spare ribs, beef marrow bones, and beef, pork and lamb livers, too.  See you this weekend!  And don’t forget to bring your own bags.  This weekend, we begin charging ten cents for our shopping bags.

EcoFriendly Foods Encourages Shopping Bag Recycling

To our friends:

Like most of our customers, EcoFriendly Foods is a strong supporter of the concept

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

In keeping with this philosophy, EcoFriendly has decided to join with many individuals, and even municipalities, to ensure a healthy future for our planet by promoting the reuse of shopping bags. EcoFriendly Foods encourages you to bring your own shopping bags when you purchase our products at the farmers markets. In fact, nearly half of our customers currently do.  But if you are unable to do so, we will be happy to supply you with bags as usual, but we will now be charging a fee of ten cents per bag.

We are confident that our customers will understand that environmental leadership comes from taking bold steps.  While charging customers for something that had been free is not something we like to do, we hope you’ll agree that this is a small but necessary step that fits EcoFriendly’s philosophy and the beliefs of most people who make the choice to select our products.

At the Markets - February 14 and 15, 2009

Here's what you'll find at Arlington and Dupont Circle farmers markets this weekend...

In the poultry department, we still have frozen whole chickens and frozen parts including livers. All fresh chicken is done for the season and we’ll be waiting a few more months to the next batch of fresh birds.
In the beef department, we’ll have a selection of grass-fed, dry-aged steaks and roasts. We also have ground beef for your chili, meatballs or meatloaf. Also, check out our good selection of beef kidneys, livers and hearts. If you’re not familiar with these healthy, iron filled cuts, we have some small, easily accessible packages for the weekend markets. So come pick up a little bit of sliced liver or heart and give it a try.

As for fresh pork, we’ll have tenderloins, some very nice butterfly loin chops and several slabs of spare ribs. These are very popular so come early to get your choice. There will be a limited selection of other frozen cuts as well. On the sausage front we’ll have a selection of our delicious breakfast, hot & mild Italian and chorizo for the weekend. Also, be sure to try our country cured ham if you haven’t already. How about a southern classic, pan fried for breakfast? Or maybe a little in your pasta sauce, crispy lardons on your salad, or in a pot of your favorite southern greens or dry beans.

And how about a nice piece of lamb for your Valentine? We’re bringing 3 lambs to market this week: rib chops, loin chops, shoulder chops, shanks and leg roasts. These are 100% grass-fed/grass-finished Virginia lambs, raised on clean pastures with NO medications. DELISH!

And while I can’t absolutely promise, next week I hope to have more of our excellent, humanely-raised veal. Keep your fingers crossed that the restaurants don’t snatch it all up! See you this weekend!

On the Airwaves

Just a shout of thanks to Mary Beth Albright who, aside from showing us some love on her blog, Local Feast, recently, she also shared some kind words about EcoFriendly Foods on WTOP radio in Washington.