In an ideal world, we’re all nomadic hunter-gatherers, right? Okay, so instead of focusing on how what I’m about to say is a deviation from that end, I figured there are other folks here who are interested in getting the best quality and ecologically sound proteins that they can locally. This isn’t a discussion about the ethics of buying animal products or farming, take it as a given that I’m against farming and any bit of greenwashing that implies farming is sustainable in a “like wild” sense is flat out wrong.
That said, I have a lot of experience in sourcing, verifying, processing, and handling every aspect of local grass-fed, pastured, and “humanely raised” animals. I can help you sort the bullshit out quickly (pun intended). So if anyone has questions about practices, pasturing methods, breeds, slaughter, butchering, cooking and the like, feel free to put it out there, I won’t judge.
A couple of quick pointers;
- Grass fed does not necessarily imply grass-finished. The USDA
definition is still in the works and as recently as a few years ago
"grass-fed" labels could imply 30% pasture based diets. If you want
grass-fed beef or lamb, you want grass-fed and grass-finished. - Any farmer telling you that they can’t guarantee that their feed is
GMO-free is lying. It means that their animals are getting feed with
GMOs in it. - “Pasture access” is a pretty surefire way of saying “not on
pasture”.
Just getting the ball rolling if anyone is interested.
