Dim lighting, annoying muzak, crowded aisles and angry teenage employees: this is what you’ve come to expect from most grocery stores. Break out of the retail rut at Valley Natural Foods in Burnsville, Minn.!

The meat counter is stocked daily with 100% grass-fed beef from Thousand Hills Cattle Company, as well as nitrate-free bacon and sausage and more exotic meats like buffalo and elk. The produce section brags myriad varieties of "nature's candy" and specializes in locally-grown and organic fruits and veggies. And don't forget the grocery aisles, which feature thousands of dairy, refrigerated, frozen, packaged and pet products free of GMOs, hormones, herbicides and pesticides. Discover all of this and more with help from the friendly, knowledgeable staff - you’ll think you’ve died and gone to food heaven!