Hi everyone, I might try a thru hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2019 and my greatest worry is to keep supplied with paleo or primal style healthy food. I look forward to hear from your experiences! Please do not discuss the health benefits or diet style here, this thread is meant only to discuss where and how to supply! If you feel eager to discuss this or other off topic related to this post, please open a new one and put the link here, I will answer there :-)
The food I am looking for would be:
grass finished beef (animals that have never been eaten anything else than grass) or organic meat
Butter from grass fed cows, native olive oil or raw coconut oil
Eggs from free range chickens
fresh vegetables, organically grown of preference
dried vegetables with no additives
banana flour, linseed, walnuts, sweet chestnut
wild plants
wild mushrooms
wild catch fish (if allowed)
wild hunt (if allowed)
maybe survival food like edible insects
Ideas
meal delivery services: ordering while I am some days away from next post office
do Farmers near the trail sell their products directly? Do Hunters in the area do sell meat?
Is there some chance to find at least Butter from grass fed cows or raw coconut oil and eggs from free range chickens in normal stores near the trail?