Grass-fed beef has awesome amounts of omega-3 as well. :-)

How do you know if a butter is fom pasture raised cows? I never actually seen such labeling around here. I'm fromCanada and they kind if strict of importing dairy product.

Organic Valley makes a butter that is labelled 'Pasture Butter' (I'm from California). Kerry Gold doesn't say it, but it comes from a country that doesn't feedlot their cattle, so it IS pastured - it may not be organic, since the field grasses may contain pesticides or fertilizers, but it IS pastured. Butter from France is also pastured since they don't feedlot their cattle either.

In October we are buying a organic pasture raised pig From a local farmer it will take over half of the freezer, but can wait! I was thinking of getting a half or a quarter cow, but we just do not eat that much beef.

I get my pig locally as well. Make sure you find out what he means by 'pasture raised'. A pig cannot be grass-fed like cattle (their intestines will block up). Even if they are allowed to pasture feed, rooting for whatever, they still are most likely fed additional grain. This can be OK, depending on what is given. In my case, my friend gets apple mash from a neighboring farm who makes cider from their apple crop and uses that as a feed. If your farmer uses corn or soy, then that's not as good. Just keep in mind that pork is naturally higher in Omega 6s because they are omnivores, rather than being ruminants like cows.

A half or quarter of grass-fed beef is a good deal. My chest freezer contain a a pig and a half side of beef. It'll take me over a year to go through it, but it certainly is good eating!

Please tell me how to eat avocados! The only thing I eat with avocadoes is guacamole.

Slice it and use it in a salad or over the top of an omelet.
Pour some walnut oil in the pit hole and salt/pepper it.
Fill the hole with some salad shrimp and a little cocktail sauce.

I think you will be hard pressed to find any grass fed butter in Canada(I'm here in Canada as well).
The same applies here,I can get kerry gold cheeses but not butter.It's frustrating but it's just the way it is here.
Organic butter just means the cows were fed organic grains.
If you clarify your butter it's the better option..it cooks out the milk solids and removes the toxic aspect of the conventional butter.
Organic Meadow is the closest to grass fed I can find here in Newfoundland
http://www.organicmeadow.com/why_organic/faqs?pg=3
Maybe they have then where you are.
Avocado's can be baked as well..put an egg inside,season and there you go.
here are a few recipes with avocado
http://cookeatpaleo.com/paleo-avocado-tuna-salad/
http://www.wholeliving.com/216338/creamy-broccoli-soup (I have made this one and it was great)
http://www.tgipaleo.com/2012/02/16/avocado-brownies-2/
http://guiltykitchen.com/2013/01/02/paleo-chocolate-coconut-and-lime-pie/

Organic butter just means the cows were fed organic grains.

This is so frustrating! We're having problems with chicken and eggs. When the label says "100 percent vegetarian fed" (which isn't necessarily the best thing -- the best thing is when chickens can free-range and graze on bugs and plants as they desire), their feed probably contains soy. I've learned soy is very prevalent in animal feeds, and that to get non-soy animal feed costs a lot more.

Know how I know? One of our dds is so sensitive to soy that if she eats soy-fed chicken, or eggs from a soy-fed chicken, she gets terrible migraines. We've had to seek out pastured chicken and eggs from local farmers (asking them for specifics on what they feed their chickens), and whew. Not cheap. But since I've cut out eggs completely we can get by on a dozen eggs a week.

p.s. I'm really hopeful for next year. If nothing goes wrong, a family we know with a mini-farm will raise free-range chickens for us next year. All I have to do is pay for a bunch of chicks (the farm family gets half as their share for providing the land) and then pay for half the feed to supplement the bugs and plants the chickens eat, if they need to buy feed -- and it'll be soy free for certain.

Organic butter just means the cows were fed organic grains.

This is so frustrating! We're having problems with chicken and eggs. When the label says "100 percent vegetarian fed" (which isn't necessarily the best thing -- the best thing is when chickens can free-range and graze on bugs and plants as they desire), their feed probably contains soy. I've learned soy is very prevalent in animal feeds, and that to get non-soy animal feed costs a lot more.

Know how I know? One of our dds is so sensitive to soy that if she eats soy-fed chicken, or eggs from a soy-fed chicken, she gets terrible migraines. We've had to seek out pastured chicken and eggs from local farmers (asking them for specifics on what they feed their chickens), and whew. Not cheap. But since I've cut out eggs completely we can get by on a dozen eggs a week.

p.s. I'm really hopeful for next year. If nothing goes wrong, a family we know with a mini-farm will raise free-range chickens for us next year. All I have to do is pay for a bunch of chicks (the farm family gets half as their share for providing the land) and then pay for half the feed to supplement the bugs and plants the chickens eat, if they need to buy feed -- and it'll be soy free for certain.

Food labels are designed to get you to buy the food, not give you pertinent and truthful information. My wife and I haven't done it yet but there is a farm here in MA that offers a meat CSA share. You get about 20lbs of pasture raised beef, lamb, pork and chicken per month. It averages out to about $7/lb. That's the only way you are going to be somewhat sure that your meat is grass fed and pasture raised.

I also buy my eggs at a local farm stand (Wilson Farms in Lexington MA) where they were almost always laid on the same day I bought them. Not certified organic but they are definitely raised better than factory eggs.