"Farm1" > wrote in :

> "I'm back" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Farm1" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> "Susan" > wrote in message
>>>> On 1/22/2013 9:27 PM, Jean B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Speaking of my area, there is a butcher shop that is about a
>>>>> half-hour drive away. Oh yes, another one up in the other
>>>>> direction, or is it gone? And, better, there are small farms that
>>>>> raise critters and then sell the meat.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I avoid both the supermarket and the butcher shop meats which are
>>>> raised on feedlots under disgusting conditions and produce inferior
>>>> meats. I go to markets that have grass fed and finished meats and
>>>> pastured critters raised under healthy and environmentally sound
>>>> conditions.
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather buy less than buy feedlot meat.
>>>
>>> Well said that woman!
>>
>> One reason I'm going to grow and slaughter my own.
>
> I notice you are now signing as being in Tassie. Is that now
> permanent? And is that where you are going to grow your own?
>
> I would love to be able to eat one of or beast but my husband will not
> even consider it. His arguments are all quite rational about freezer
> space and cost of running the freezer and cuts of meat he'd prefer not
> to eat, etc, but I just know it's more about his love for his cattle.
> It's bad enough to see the weaners going off and the mother's blaring
> and trying to follow the truck. I hate that time of the year and make
> sure I'm inside when the truck arrives.
>
> What breed so of cattle do you have/going to get?
>
>


Will get back to this soon...........


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Peter
Tasmania
Australia

Success isn't so difficult.
Just bite off more than you can chew,
then go do it.