Originally Posted by
Fat Boy
Just a little personal anecdote.
I don't cook for 1 person; I cook for 5. Me, my wife and my kids.
At the local 'Sprouts' market I can get naturally fed meat burger for about $8-10/#. This is for elk, bison, antelope, beef, boar, etc. I split it into 6 patties. I get a big bag of frozen veggies (I prefer fresh, but this makes accounting easier) for $1.50 which I saute. On the burgers I put a slice of Kerrygold grass-fed cheese (Costco,~$0.25/slice). I might also make some rice (~$1/# or $0.10-0.15 per serving).
So when we're all said and done, I've fed the family a damn fine meal for about $12 or a little more than $2 apiece. It isn't all that expensive to eat well, it just takes the willingness to cook instead of just popping something in microwave.
FB - Not fussing at you, just adding another data point.
The above assumes that one lives in a densely populated, relatively affluent area. In my experience, those types of stores are rare in other contexts. Most people don't have reasonable access to that kind of meat, even assuming they can afford it.
Having said that, I live in the boonies in Louisiana. No Whole Foods-type stores for at least a hundred miles...but there are a few butcher shops that offer locally-raised pastured beef. It's common for local farmers to pasture their stock in fallow rice fields - does this count as grain fed?
This discussion has got me thinking about getting half a locally-raised cow instead of going to the grocery store.