New to us that is. We had been looking for a used freezer to augment our pantry area when a friend offered us an old freezer that had been standing open and unused on her back porch for the better part of a year. With a $70 replacement gasket and a load of TLC from Dh, we now have a frost free upright freezer that seems almost new. We don't have much in it yet, but I have visions of filling it with veggies from our garden boxes, food items purchase at deep discount prices and a quarter of a grass fed cow.
I have been doing my research on the grass fed beef and I think we have narrowed our search down to Autumn Grove Farm. They are located within our state and will sell one-quarter cow for about $4.97 a pound which includes processing. We should receive about 100 to 120 pounds of beef from this quarter. If anyone has any advice or comments to share regarding this, I'd love to hear them
3 years ago
We just purchased half a grass fed beef. Our last purchase lasted our family of 5 almost 16 months. It is SO worth it. We had to pay the farmer and the processor separately. We paid $2.90/lb (hanging weight) (less a 10% discount!) directly to the farmer and paid $.87 lb to the processor. But we got to tell the processor exactly how we wanted it cut (how thick the steaks, how big the roasts- do you want liver, etc)
ReplyDeleteHave fun. And the meat is so much better tasting than anything you can buy in the store.
Judy
Thank you Judy! I saw the pictures you have on your blog of when the meat arrived in boxes. It made me very jealous. :-)
ReplyDeleteKim