THIS.

Get good knives and buy the "primals" (primal cuts). Very good knives for not a lot of money is the Victorinox Fibrox line. I am also very partial to the "Wenger Swibo" knifes. You will need a "Curved Rigid Blade" and a "Boning Knife", for starters.

Learn to sharpen your own knives. A "Work Sharp" is a good start.

Get a freezer. Get butcher paper and/or a vacuum sealer.

Learn Charcuterie/Salumi practices to make your meat go even further.

Shoot for grass fed grass finished as the ideal, for beef. For pork, shoot for "heritage" breeds that were not fed soy and were allowed to walk around in the dirt. For poultry, look for "pastured". You want chickens that scratched the dirt and ate bugs.

And learn to shoot a rifle and a shotgun, and get a hunting license and go get the meat yourself.

The reward of these activities are:

1. You will have done something good for you and your family.
2. You will not be a slave waiting to be thrown this week's slop.
3. You will have learned a real skill. A skill that is a step towards being a more independent person.
4. You will actually have helped the Earth. You and the Farmer work together for mutual benefit. And all of the "Middle Men" are starved. HOORAY.

THIS.

Get good knives and buy the "primals" (primal cuts). Very good knives for not a lot of money is the Victorinox Fibrox line. I am also very partial to the "Wenger Swibo" knifes. You will need a "Curved Rigid Blade" and a "Boning Knife", for starters.

Learn to sharpen your own knives. A "Work Sharp" is a good start.

Get a freezer. Get butcher paper and/or a vacuum sealer.

Learn Charcuterie/Salumi practices to make your meet go even further.

Shoot for grass fed grass finished as the ideal, for beef. For pork, shoot for "heritage" breeds that were not fed soy and were allowed to walk around in the dirt. For poultry, look for "pastured". You want chickens that scratched the dirt and ate bugs.

And learn to shoot a rifle and a shotgun, and get a hunting license and go get the meat yourself.

The reward of these activities are:

1. You will have done something good for you and your family.
2. You will not be a slave waiting to be thrown this week's slop.
3. You will have learned a real skill. A skill that is a step towards being a more independent person.
4. You will actually have helped the Earth. You and the Farmer work together for mutual benefit. And all of the "Middle Men" are starved. HOORAY.