Originally Posted by Pam
Go buy your own chicks and raise them and slaughter them your selves. Not all that much fun, I agree, but that is what I do! We eat venison and have a big garden. I was just out there hoeing 25 tomato plants and covering the growing potatoes. Next year we are going to get 12 beef calves to raise, then off to the slaugher house they go.
If you are not willing to do these things, do not complain about where your food comes from, because unless you handle it yourself, you never really know.
OR you can work closely with the farmer. I work with a group that does all the raising I help with the processing. I work with a local butcher that raises his own beef and pork or will hook me up with a farmer. I have my own egg hens. Last year my garden failed due to tomato blight :cry: Still haven't decided if I am putting one in this year, my back is screaming no right now.
My farmer friends have a good saying... You can pay the farmer a little more now or you pay the doctor a lot more later.