Indeed. It's hard to find meat that isn't fed GMO corn. And even harder to find meat that isn't fed GMO soy.
I think it gets easier when you look outside the usual sources for food.
I guess I grew up in a different culture. We raised almost all the produce we ate. We canned veggies and fruit in the summer and ate it in the winter. We often had home grown eggs. We did buy most of our meat, but we were very aware of where it came from. I was almost 18 before I realized how disconnected people were from the idea of growing food.
Reading through all of this I guess I should advertise my lambs locally instead of taking them to market. 95% of their diet is pasture grass of farm raised hay. Most of the grain they eat is also grown on the farm.
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I think it gets easier when you look outside the usual sources for food.
I've looked everywhere. Out here I would have to buy directly from the supplier (the farm) and it's just way too expensive. It would be different if the dogs and I both ate meat, but I don't and neither does Garrett. The meat out here is very pricey.
Through the co-op and the processing plant, I can get Niman Ranch ground beef for $5/lb and a 20lb case of Mary's air chilled, organic chicken necks for $16.
But, Niman Ranch actually forced out their owner (Bill Niman) because the other farmers weren't making enough money and it was too hard for them to find "humane" and clean slaughter houses. So I really don't even like to buy Niman Ranch meat.
If I could afford to buy directly from suppliers, I would. But I've got no such luck.
I've looked everywhere. Out here I would have to buy directly from the supplier (the farm) and it's just way too expensive.
That's kind of what I meant. Here you can eat at a very reasonable cost by buying directly from the farm. Which are all over. But if you're surrounded by city, I'm sure it's much harder.
Have you checked with any of the places where you took herding lessons for meat? Buy the actual animal and have it processed? Older cull sheep can go for pretty reasonable prices.
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It's extremely expensive to get it from a farm. I found a hertige breed poultry CSA, but I think you got 4 whole birds (no organ meat though) and a dozen eggs and it was well over $100. And that's not even close to enough food to feed the dogs. There's a beef supplier that works with my produce CSA, but you have to order half a cow. Not only was it a few hundred bucks, I don't have anywhere to put half a cow!
I haven't tried to talk to farms directly, I've just looked at their websites and there was no way I could do it.
Most farms have meat that they cannot sell for human consumption. This can sometimes be bought for pets at a reduced price. For instance there is a grass fed/organic beef farm here where the prices for beef are $3-$9/# but you can get pet meat from them (older, freezer burnt, oddball organ meat) for $2/#
I find this to be an interesting topic. MSU has an organic CSA and it is expensive but also popular.There is even a waiting list! Sure would like canning all my vegetables and fruits from my property. Wonder what can be grown on 1 acre.
is using anecdotal evidence and incomplete studies for their argument. Monsanto made a product based on the demand of the consumer who wanted a crop that didn't require large amounts of insecticides and herbicides which would pollute our watershed. Mr Brown, this is a dog training forum. Take your environmental Gaea worshiping proselytizing eleswhere.
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