Right! As soon as I saw the price, I was out. I have a rabbit farm. Costs me $10 and 3 months to raise a rabbit. At butcher time, that gets me 2.5lbs of meat. $4/lb. Took us a year to set up, but this year we should be meat self sufficient. The same rabbit at the butcher (which is always sold as exotic fancy meat) is $15/lb. $35/lb for anything is absurd. Next year I'll hopefully be able to freeze dry said rabbit for a 10yr shelf life. Best thing about meat farming is most people raise one thing and get "food boredom" so we have plenty of other homesteaders that trade us 1:1 rabbit for pork and beef.
Never had freeze dried beef before - is it good?
It's a $105 for 3 pounds of beef, so I'll never find out.
Right! As soon as I saw the price, I was out. I have a rabbit farm. Costs me $10 and 3 months to raise a rabbit. At butcher time, that gets me 2.5lbs of meat. $4/lb. Took us a year to set up, but this year we should be meat self sufficient. The same rabbit at the butcher (which is always sold as exotic fancy meat) is $15/lb. $35/lb for anything is absurd. Next year I'll hopefully be able to freeze dry said rabbit for a 10yr shelf life. Best thing about meat farming is most people raise one thing and get "food boredom" so we have plenty of other homesteaders that trade us 1:1 rabbit for pork and beef.
That's the nice part about knowing your good neighbors and helping each other out.