MJ- To clarify, RFOA and Friends is a group of women who share a background and friendship in the farming community. They are either currently living on the farm, working in the ag community or as in my case grew up on the farm. 

This particular project (which is now over) with Gooseberry Patch was just one of many projects the RFOA women do in addition to writing on the RFOA site and maintaining their own blogs which vary from food to farm to life in general. As for ingredients used, that is at the discretion of each member and you will likely find a variety of foods, techniques and philosophies among each of the various women and their sites… just like with any other group of women/moms out there. However, on my site and in my home this farm kid personally sees nothing wrong with using packaged items from time to time or buying my meat, dairy and eggs from the grocery store. After all, there are a great deal of farmers working very hard to stock the grocery shelves beyond the farmers’ markets –which I also love.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope this clears up how all these things are connected.