Originally Posted by
revchuck
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.
Living in the boonies can make finding a grass-fed cow easier. It sure makes it easier to come up with 'natural' eggs. Anyway, my garage freezer is stuffed with a grass-fed cow, and that reduces the cost of that meat by about 50%.
My guess is that it's a little easier for someone in Loozie-anna to come up with land for a vegetable garden. There are compromises no matter where you live, huh?