Before I came across the Bio Hof Zug (before Bio Hof St. Karl) I used to bike around town, visiting 3 or 4 tiny farmer shops to get a couple of zucchinis here, a pound of tomato there, unpasteurized milk from yet another stall. It was fun but also very time consuming, and after that I always needed to go to the local super market or health food shop to get whatever nobody else had. Nowadays this shop is my one stop solution for everything organic, a true farmer's market selling certified produce directly from their own fields. But is has much more going on.
You will of couse find seasonal organic fruits and veggies (fresh salads all winter long!), many of them heirloom varieties; herbs, bulk grains, nuts, free range eggs, homemade pasta, meat and poultry, cheese, milk, butter, jams, sirups all of this from their own production or sourced directly from another organic farmers in the vicinity.
They sell also health shop staples like teas and tisanes, flours, baked goods, tofu, seitan, oils and even bio soap and detergents.
Lately, they have also opened a coffee & tea bar (beautiful, btw!), and in the summer one can sit outside to enjoy the clean air, eat homemade cake.
This guys work very hard. Everything they offer is of the highest quality available, and they still manage to keep prices reasonable, sometimes lower than the supermarket. Not that after biting into the juiciest, most flavorful, just-picked tomato of the season you will even care. read more
