Sourcing your ingredients is determined by 3 things - Availability - Accessibility and Affordability. We must also think about our space and our time as a resource. Do we have time to scratch cook on regular basis - most of us would say no - its the most economical by far, but it requires many hands and time and resources to do.in our mostly busy lives this is prohibitive and in many ways a barrier - your shift patterns may well be between the time the grocers is shut , or the nearest fresh food market is miles away . Our food no longer need be prepared at home, there are an abundant modes of delivery from partially prepared to fully cooked on the market to varying degrees of quality and value for money. Most of our food is sourced in the supermarket with the average basket comprising of ingredients and product on this spectrum from raw to ready to eat with

RESEARCH - AVERAGE SPEND

BREAKDOWN OF THE GROCERY MARKET

Grow your own

Growing your own is quite possibly the best way of ensuring quality and freshness when it comes to a food source. There are many ways to grow your own at home. It can range from fairly inexpensive to , state of the art systems. it all depends on how far you want to take it, and how far you realistically can. 

Foraging

FORAGING BASIC INFO AND LINKS

Food Shopping

FOOD SHOPPING INTRO