Principles of the Frugal Oreganic: A Five-Part series

Part 1: Forget one-stop shopping.
Let’s face it; most women love to shop. That’s what we were made to do, in a certain sense (see Proverbs 31; that woman shops every day!). We were not made to buy junk or excess things, but we women were given the capacity to shop with [...]

Local Pasture-Raised Chicken

Thursday is “farm day” for the Thienes family. Today was particularly gorgeous for a 45 min. drive (one-way) south of town to Mollala. I usually catch up on my phone calling during this long drive!
Anyway, we were so fortunate to get to our goat farmer’s house in time to see the new born [...]

Mission Statement & Disclaimer

Welcome to Thrifty Oreganic! Our mission is to promote affordable, sustainable, and local eating and health habits for the whole family.
I am coming from the perspective of a Stay-Near-Home mom (i.e. I’m at home most of the time to do the cooking/baking/purchasing of food). I live in Portland, Oregon. Stores or deals I might mention [...]

Oreganic Thrifty

Hello! Welcome to a blog about organic living on a budget in Portland, Oregon (no, I didn’t misspell “organic”….get it? Oreg-anic? I still can’t believe no one took that name! ). I am a stay-at-home mom who is passionate about eating REAL, Local, well-raised foods. I am here to show you that it can be [...]