Excellent for you and your family. For the other 99.5% of Americans have to buy their beef in stores. I'm a devout omnivore, I'll eat just about anything that doesn't eat me first, and I fear that a looming population and the leftist ideas of diet are going to impact my meat-eating lifestyle. We have a few specialty meat places near me where I can get grass-fed beef, but they are small operations and cannot compete with the likes of Costco, Walmart, Kroger, etc.
I'll never give up my beef! Considering raising chickens for meat as well, a good neighbor and "bartering" keeps me in fresh eggs. I put nearly an acre in garden every year, numerous fruit trees, and at least a quarter of my freezer is wild game. I was just raised this way..
I actually spent a LOT of my younger years hanging/working with my grandparents that lived thru the great depression. A WEALTH of knowledge that I wish everybody could have had the opportunity to glean. I've been very lucky in that respect..
Much better to pay the price to have it processed by a pro. I can butcher a deer and have the meat wrapped and in the freezer in a couple of hours but a cow, or even half of one, would be an all day affair (if you even have the space to do it).
I have about 10 years worth of steak and burgers running around my front pasture and no intention to stop..
Excellent for you and your family. For the other 99.5% of Americans have to buy their beef in stores. I'm a devout omnivore, I'll eat just about anything that doesn't eat me first, and I fear that a looming population and the leftist ideas of diet are going to impact my meat-eating lifestyle. We have a few specialty meat places near me where I can get grass-fed beef, but they are small operations and cannot compete with the likes of Costco, Walmart, Kroger, etc.
I'll never give up my beef! Considering raising chickens for meat as well, a good neighbor and "bartering" keeps me in fresh eggs. I put nearly an acre in garden every year, numerous fruit trees, and at least a quarter of my freezer is wild game. I was just raised this way..
I wish I was raised your way! :(
I actually spent a LOT of my younger years hanging/working with my grandparents that lived thru the great depression. A WEALTH of knowledge that I wish everybody could have had the opportunity to glean. I've been very lucky in that respect..
Much better to pay the price to have it processed by a pro. I can butcher a deer and have the meat wrapped and in the freezer in a couple of hours but a cow, or even half of one, would be an all day affair (if you even have the space to do it).
Nowadays I don’t even step foot into Costco, Walmart or any other big chain store unless I absolutely need something that only they have.
Support the local chains (I.e. Bucee’s in TX, Festival in MN/WI) and especially the mom and pop stores