There are many ways to buy better meat. Here are our simplest tips to get started.
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From farm to table: how I buy delicious and affordable meat locally (#carnivore)
Let’s face it: Meat is complicated. If you’ve recently been concerned about animal cruelty labor conditions or the impact of eating meat on the environment it can feel overwhelming to figure out how to meaningfully improve the overall quality of the meat you buy. Sure labels like “organic” are common—but just because a chicken was raised on organic feed doesn’t mean it wasn’t raised in captivity or processed in a factory with atrocious labor practices. If you want to buy better more responsibly raised meat you might want to look elsewhere at the grocery store. Here are five tips for getting healthier more humanely raised meat products.
This is one of the most important things to understand when you’re getting started: buying higher quality meats usually costs more. There’s really no way around this. However there are ways to make this work even if you don’t have an unlimited grocery budget.
The first is to buy whole animals whenever possible. If you’re someone with a large freezer and a large family this might mean buying a whole or half cow from a local farmer. Don’t worry the meat is cut into familiar pieces and packaged in manageable quantities that you can freeze and use when you’re ready. Many people choose to buy a cow with another family or with friends to share the cost and the large amount of beef. These types of programs usually get you a better price than buying individual cuts because you can see where your meat comes from and they’re a great way to support a local farmer.
