Most foodies are familiar with the grass-fed beef debate by now. They're also familiar with the differences in price, quality and availability between grass and grain-fed meat. While families everywhere were making difficult decisions regarding the cost versus quality of the meat they eat every week, Amy Wattles made a very different decision.
Wattles had grown frustrated by the quality of grain-fed beef from industrial farms available at her local grocery stores, but she also didn't want to pay six dollars or more per pound for grass-fed beef for herself and her family. So, she visited a livestock auction, bought one cow, paid someone five dollars a month to keep in in a pasture, hired a local butcher when it was ready to be slaughtered and ended up with 500 pounds of high-quality, grass-fed meat that ended up costing her about $1.50 per pound.
She shared here experience at elitefts.com, which I've copied below:
Wattles had grown frustrated by the quality of grain-fed beef from industrial farms available at her local grocery stores, but she also didn't want to pay six dollars or more per pound for grass-fed beef for herself and her family. So, she visited a livestock auction, bought one cow, paid someone five dollars a month to keep in in a pasture, hired a local butcher when it was ready to be slaughtered and ended up with 500 pounds of high-quality, grass-fed meat that ended up costing her about $1.50 per pound.
She shared here experience at elitefts.com, which I've copied below:
