Oisix - The Organic Express

After reading Martin's February 19th post about Oisix - an organic food retailer - we checked out their website (here: Oisix) and placed an order. This morning our box of food arrived at our door.



Our sampler shipment included an orange, 2 carrots, komatsuna (mustard spinach), a bunch of naganegi (small Japanese leek), celery, dashi, lotus root, Bunashimeiji mushrooms, six eggs, four small packages of tofu, 500 ml of milk (my significant other, "K", will drink that), and some pork (which we gave to K's parents). All organic of course, and we're impressed with the freshness and high quality.

Looking through the printed brochures that came in the box is easier for me than trying to find my way around their website (I can't read Japanese), but K can do the online ordering for us. Out here in Kashima City, finding organic produce is a hit or miss thing, unless one is willing to spend an hour traveling by car to get it. Oisix offers a wide variety and I am very happy to have a reliable source for organic foods delivered right to my door.

Why not give them a try?

Comments

Martin J Frid said…
That's great, glad you liked it. I'm curious how much of what you ordered was local produce, or if they do much imports. Thinking about food mileage...
11:35 am, February 24, 2008
Pandabonium said…
It was all of Japanese origin I believe, some fresh items were wrapped in newspaper and looking as it were just pulled out the ground. Other things they carry obviously must have foreign origins, such as bananas. They also offer bakery goods and I don't know about the ingredients in those. I let you know if I learn more.
1:34 pm, February 24, 2008
Pandabonium said…
Just a follow up: our spinach and eggs were from Tochigi prefecture, next door to our Ibaraki, and the milk came from Shimane prefecture - the other side of Kyoto, so a bit far. Compared with imports from other countries though, not bad.

Perhaps our goal should be to eat food grown from within 100km of home, but it is not yet easy to do that. If we support organic farmers and retailers who at least sell domestic produce, we are making a big step and a good start. Supporting organic farms will help the industry to grow and that in turn will make the availability of organic food closer to home more prevalent.
6:41 pm, February 24, 2008
Martin J Frid said…
The US 100 mile diet equals about 160 km. I think that is an arbitrary limit, and as you point out, domestic is a good start. As for milk you buy in Japan, 100% is domestic, so even the stuff you buy in the supermarket would be from Japanese farms (mostly from Hokkaido).

Sounds you will be spending some happy time in the kitchen!!
12:40 am, February 25, 2008
Anonymous said…
Domestic cows yielding domestic milk live mainly on imported corn and other inputs.
10:41 pm, March 02, 2008
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