In article .com>,
"sf" > wrote:

> Richard Kaszeta wrote:
> >
> > I only pay around a 30% premium for my organic meat.
>
> "Only"? A lot of people still watch the bottom line.

And a lot of people have decided that it's smarter to spend some
money now than spend a lot later: that antibiotic-laden,
hormone-infused cattle are not a healthful choice for humans (and
doesn't do much for the cattle); that the risks of "mad cow"
disease, resistant antibiotics, and e. coli infections are greater
than people should be exposed to; that the problems of factory
farms, including odors and manure runoff, can be avoided by farming
on a more humane scale; and that paying meat prices for water, salt,
and preservatives is a false economy. Most products have a cost
subtantially higher than the price marked on the item.

sd

BTW, buying free-range/organically-produced/minimally-processed meat
and poultry costs me about 40-50% more than buying
warehouse-supermarket meat. But at least what I'm buying isn't
adulterated and it tastes like a pork chop or chicken.