Never heard of this but will check it out. Thx!

I got a notification also, but no thanks. We have wonderful produce markets in our area and I prefer to pick out my own produce. This weekend starts many of the weekly farmer's markets!

I like to go to Farmer's Markets too, when possible.... but we cannot always find organic locally for everything and I won't buy anything that isn't.

Amazon Fresh also seems to have everything else under the sun. Yogurts, frozen foods, ice cream, drinks, milk, prepared foods, cheeses, snacks, etc. Basically like a grocery store but with a massive selection. We try to eat 100% organic but there are some things we have a hard time finding locally (organic cream cheese, organic crescent rolls, organic pepperoni) and basically every product I searched, they had an organic version (as well as non-organic versions). And almost everything seemed to be the same or less in cost as the grocery store.

I would/will use it.. but I haven't. I was under the impression that Amazon Fresh works through/with peapod.. but then I'd expect peapod to deliver (vs. usps). Now I am curious.

Did you order anything frozen? I am wondering if the insulated carriers would keep things frozen/cold for a couple of hours (10-1pm is the latest time slot available in my area)

I think you can choose attended or doorstep delivery and doorstep is USPS. We did order frozen stuff. The stuff was extremely well packaged in insulated totes with tons of ice packs. I think that this stuff would have stayed cold over night there was so much ice and packing. Honestly can't see how amazon can make money off this with how cheap the monthly fee and items are and all the packing materials (they do say they will pick up and re use the totes but they don't charge a deposit or anything or seem to require you to give them back.

It's not available in my area yet.

The attended delivery isn't up and running in my area-- only the doorstep. Not sure why there would be a difference .. but only the one option is available.

I don't usually order much that is frozen-- but I do order some things that would need to be cold vs cool.

I think I'll give it a try

Not everything has to be organic. We're fortunate to have many shopping options locally.

https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/

I'll be eager to hear if you have a good experience. I'm going to order again later this week.

I probably won't use it; it will be a long time before it's available to me, I'm sure.

CindyMac, I don't buy all organic simply because of residue on the food. I don't want the earth poisoned with pesticides, herbicides and other chemicals. So even if there isn't residue in some foods, it still is being used - harming good "pests" like bees as well as getting in the food chain.

Our farmers market is almost 100% organic, except for a couple of meat markets (there are organic chickens and pork available, tho) and some fruit from Eastern WA (the only non local produce allowed because we can't grow commercial cherries or peaches on the coast side of the mountains in WA. So I don't see that Amazon fresh would be worth it to me.

Were there a lot of non recyclable packing materials used? I tried one prep food service and thoroughly enjoyed it but couldn't in good conscience continue due to all the non-recyclable styrofoam, plastic bags and ice packs used.

Not available in my area either. I do go to farmer's market and tend my own garden in the summer but I will try it if it becomes available especially in off season.

If I have Amazon Prime Now in my area ~Why would I need to pay $14.99 a month for Amazon Fresh ?

I love Amazon, I shop a lot using Amazon.

I am starting to be concerned about the jobs that have been lost or might be by using Amazon ( or the internet) for buying most everything.

I can not stand to go grocery shopping, but will because of the people who work in the stores. Especially the special needs folks my store hires to bag groceries. I always love how they greet me by name and ask how my doggy is doing. (They get extra big tips.)

That said, I can see where using Fresh from time to time might be useful. I'll see what the charges are like when it comes to my area.

I don't use Amazon much. I've grown a bit irritated with them over the past few years, for a few reasons. I'm not willing to buy their prime services. I prefer to grow what I can (on my suburban lot) and buy the rest where I live. I use no pesticides at all on the fruits and veggies that I grow. I do spray my roses (or they just get diseased...i just don't know any way around this) and, occasionally (less than once yearly), I spray the perimeter of my home for ants. I do vermicomposting to get worm castings for my plants. I still have to use other fertilizers on occasion, both conventional and organic.

Organic farmers actually use a lot of pesticides, often far more in quantity (more may have to be applied and more frequent applications may be required) than conventional farmers and organic farming really isn't better for us or our environment. The pesticides (e.g. pyrethrins) used by organic farmers can also be quite harmful to bees, humans, other animals and the environment.

Here's a link to a fairly interesting article about this (appeared in Scientific American about this a while back).

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/httpblogsscientificamericancomscience-sushi20110718mythbusting-101-organic-farming-conventional-agriculture/#

Edited for swypos... Edited to add that I also do spray my nectarine and peach trees, most years, to prevent curly leaf. There's also no way to get around that....

Thanks for the link to that article veggiegardnr - very interesting to read. I do agree with them about industrial farms vs. smaller independent farmers. I believe most of our local independent farms who practice organic farming are very careful about what they use to grow their crops; many are also beekeepers, too. They are mostly "back to the land" types and are not farming to get rich from organics (for sure).

I don't believe they have the definitive study or conclusions about farming practices. You can find studies that contradict nearly every point in their article, particularly the fallacy that production is less using organic methods, exacerbating the world food shortage. Can organic farming feed us all?

And nothing was mentioned about the dangers to farmworkers of being exposed to dangerous chemicals being used on non-organic (and maybe some organic) crops. I simply don't trust that Dow Chemical has our best interest, or the Earth's best interest at heart. Pesticides and farmworkers

I agree 100% with Beagles about GMO foods. So many things are seen as safe, or with no consequences, until somewhere down the line, they are found not to be. And when I read things like this: Atomic Veggies I can't help but believe that there is SO much being done to our food that we haven't a clue about; I just choose to fall on the side of buying food which is as unadulterated as possible.

"On top of that, there are no animal testing models for the allergenicity
of genetically engineered ingredients, so we are just banking on the
promises of the chemical companies that have introduced and patented
these ingredients. The FDA has not conducted any independent, long-term,
human health studies. They don’t have the resources or access since
genetically engineered ingredients are protected as intellectual
property under U.S. Patent law." Source: Hidden truth about peanut allergies

I gave it a try this weekend-- ordered Sat morning, it was delivered this morning. Overall, I was pleased with the service. My only complaint was that some of the fruit wasn't ripe. I wasn't surprised or overly disappointed-- as I wouldn't normally get fruit from them (I usually get it at the farmer's market). I also picked up a few premade salads which I haven't tried yet but they look good-- a lentil salad and a roasted veggie salad.

Everything was packed well-- including a few pints of ice cream which were completely solid despite the 90 deg temps today.

I will definitely use them again.. I didn't find the prices cheaper but they were on par with non-sale prices. Most of all, it was crazy easy and super convenient.

We don't have Amazon fresh here, but from one of our grants we were able to start an online farmers market delivery system. It does not come to the house, but a specific drop point in various locations throughout a two county radius. These are the small-scale farms that participate in the farmers markets. We've even had schools sign up as a healthy fundraiser and a major technology company is a drop-off site.

Place orders by 2 p.m. Wed and pick up Thursday. We've even gotten fridges for the drop-off points, and the group is now going to have their own truck.

Glad it worked for you Funky. I did have some peaches delivered that were not yet ripe, but they ripened nicely on my counter and were excellent.

So far, I've ordered 4 separate times already. I adore their lettuces. Their blueberries, strawberries and raspberries have been great. I thought the grapes were a bit watery but those were the only disappointments. The all natural vanilla ice cream and organic chocolate sauce I ordered have been big hits.

I ordered the peaches as well .. and yes, that's what wasn't ripe. I didn't order berries but I did get some cut watermelon also which looked like it wasn't ripe but I had some a little bit ago and it tastes great. I don't normally eat a lot of fruit-- but I have been craving it lately so maybe I'll give the berries a try too. I haven't been getting them locally because they just didn't look/smell great.

We live close enough that I am guessing we have similar stock. It does vary by area. I didn't order a lot this time... but I did order a few things just to try like the lentil salad and the single cow burgers.

How soon before it links automatically to my echo shopping list, charges my account and just delivers my needed items weekly without me directing it to? I say maybe next year... In ten years it will stock the said groceries in my pantry I hope!

I think that may happen sooner than next year, Roarah... you can already order stuff from Amazon through Alexa... I just did the other day, although I guess not though Fresh yet.

Also interested to see what happens now that Amazon bought Whole Foods... Almost every dollar our household spends is going to end up with Bezos now... not sure how I feel about that, although I do love the convenience of Amazon...

Saw this on Twitter after the news of the merger.