Grassfed Beef

dmacilveen

I hear alot of comments that eating Grassfed beef is too expensive for most people to eat on a daily basis and wanted to share my experience with you in hopes to give you more options. I recently stopped at a local farmer who I noticed had some angus cattle in his pasture. After a brief introduction and small talk about his farming experience I brought up the topic of organic meat. He quickly assured me that all the cows he raised were only fed grass and supplemented with hay in the winter months and no pesticides were used on the pasture or on the hay. I was able to buy some of his smaller bulls (600#'s live weight) for $800 each. The prep and delivery fee to the processor ran me $100 per cow and the processor charged $0.65/lb for processing. Each cow yeilded approx 330lbs of meat each which totalled to around $3.38/lb. If you have the freezer space or a friend with some, its hard to go wrong with Organic Grassfed Beef for under $4/lb.

KBGirts

Sounds like a good idea to buy in bulk!!! Ok, I can't really wrap my head around 330lbs of meat so help me out here.... How long do you think that will last you? My fiance and I are the only ones in my house and he does not eat a lot of red meat due to gout. Any idea how long I could eat on something like that? Obviously I wouldn't eat it every night, but how many meals is that?

dmacilveen

I ended up splitting the cow with a fellow Crossfitter and anticipate the meat lasting me 6-9 months.

midwifekelley2350

i have thought of stopping at a farm that i drive past everyday that have "happy cows"...makes me want to go ahead and stop (although we will have to eat up more of the venison taking up room in the freezer first!)

danmoffett

Grass fed is the way to go. My local Whole Foods sells grass fed ground beef for $7.99 a pound. I buy it from a local farmer in lots of 10 pounds for $3.00 a pound.
To find farms in your area that sell grass fed beef and free range chickens check out a site called Eat Wild at http://eatwild.com/
Your source for safe, healthy, natural and nutritious grass-fed beef, lamb, goats, bison, poultry, dairy and other wild edibles.

Hurricane_C

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