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If you're in Texas (or NewMexico and Colorado), I would recommend his meat to you. Several stores throughout the state carry Paidom products and if you check out his website, he even delivers to individual customers every couple of months. However, I'm not trying to sell you Alan's meat ... If you are elsewhere or if you know another supplier of grass-fed beef that you trust ... by all means make your meat purchases there!
I would urge you, however, to consider making the switch to grass-fed beef. The first topic that always comes up whenever I have this conversation with anyone is that it is so expensive. It is true, you will pay more for grass-fed or pasture-fed beef. There is no doubt about that. The cost difference would be much less, however, if grain fed beef were not so highly subsidized by the government. In addition, when considering which is the cheaper alternative, one must consider the hidden costs to grain fed beef in terms of future medical expenses from the increased levels of "bad" fat that are in grain fed beef, the susceptibility to bacteria because of the way the cattle are kept and processed, and the deleterious effects that the hormones that are injected into the cattle can have for humans.
When doing a cost analysis of grass-fed vs. grain-fed beef, I like to use the following analogy: a salad costs more than a candy bar, but no one would choose to consistently eat candy bars for a main meal. Yes, grass fed beef costs more ... and it will continue to cost more so long as the government maintains its program of GMO corn subsidies that can cheaply be fed to cows in CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations).
In the end, as the old saying goes, you get what you pay for. The question when it comes to your beef is if you would rather pay for this:
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5 comments:
Hands down . . . I want the cows who eat grass
and after knowing you - I began to realize why we have to marinate our meat - it is not because it is tough, and maybe it is, but it is because it does not taste good any more unless we season it with something, anything, that tastes good. Seriously. And chicken? oh, my!! chicken - free range - has changed my life. Thanks for teaching me Ms Crunchy!! I can eat half the food I used to eat, enjoy it fully and even save money. Teach me cheese next -
Very glad to hear that you would choose the grass-fed beef, Miss Terry. That's my answer too. ;)
And, free range chicken not only tastes better ... it is so much nicer to handle when you are cooking with it too.
I will see what I can do about doing a post about cheese ... not my area of expertise, really, but maybe we can learn together.
Thanks for the comment!
I learned about slimy chicken from you last fall and was so glad to make that discovery - I now can hardly eat a piece of chicken without knowing that it might have come from slimy chicken - even at the best fast foods - it just made me think - finally.
we had a wonderful family farm near us in Indiana that had 'gass fed beef' until I pointed out their spelling mistake. I enjoyed purchasing from them not only from a health perspective, but because I LIKED the family. It makes shopping so much more pleasurable when you like your supplier. I don't have that same relationship with the gigantic cooler at Ralph's. Who names a grocery store 'Ralphs', anyway?
Monica -- you are so right. It is all about relationships. And, yes, we do lose that with the mega-supermarkets. I bet your farming family liked you too! And just like you can't manufacture fond feelings for the meat case a Ralph's ... it is also not every going to wonder if everything is okay if you don't come shopping at your normal time on your normal day.
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