So when you first switch over to a whole foods or a homesteading sort of lifestyle, one of the most jarring things that you will realize right off the bat is that grocery shopping or just trying to find ingredients that are clean

and once you don't have to worry about becomes a whole new adventure if you want to use that word.

You can no longer just go to the grocery store and put anything you want in your cart.

You really start to read those labels and hunting down the food that you want to feed your

family becomes sometimes really, really challenging,

depending on where you live.

So over the years, one of the biggest questions I've gotten is where do I get my ingredients,

especially the ingredients that I can't grow myself here on our homestead.

And over and over again, every time I've asked that question, I always say one of my most favorite resources is Azure Standard. It's a bulk

food buying co-op. They have drops all over the United States. We actually host a drop here at our

house. And I know many of you are already very familiar with Azure and probably order your food

from them as well. So I am so honored to have the founder of Azure Standard joining me today,

David Stelzer. And he has been a pioneer in this movement long before it was trendy, long before it was cool. And he is a wealth of

knowledge here. So I'm excited to dive into ingredients, organic farming, what you need to know about

glyphos and GMOs and finding the best ingredients for your family.

It's going to be a good one. So let's kick this off. Welcome, David. I'm so excited to have you.

Thank you. Thank you for having me. Glad to be here. Yeah, it's an honor to have you on. Like I said,

we use Azure so much in our house. And I think most of the pantry items I have are from you. So so grateful to.

Yeah, for the work that you do. So as I was kind of researching this episode and looking at

your story, one of the things that hit me first and foremost is how you really are a pioneer

in this movement. And you were doing it before it became trendy, before it became cool.

I mean, sometimes it's still not necessarily mainstream, but it's more mainstream than it was.

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