• TIEPilot@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This is why living rural is the best. I get my beef from a friend that has a bunch of cows. Same /w eggs, poultry, vegetables, pork, venison.

    I have literally have pulled a Ron Swanson and met my meat before slaughter.

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      2 days ago

      I just bought a quarter cow from a local rancher. Dude is independently wealthy and does it for fun. Great beef and I know where it came from.

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        2 days ago

        Same with my buddy, farmers make mad money. He breeds them and sells the cafes once they ween. As they age out he slaughters them if he needs beef or auctions them too. I usually get a text msg a week or two prior with a list of whats available.

        Best beef, grass fed w/ a daily does of potato skins.

        (there is a potato chip factory near by that gives him the skins. The cows go mad for them!)

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      1 day ago

      I tried to buy part of a cow but i landed on a website that made you choose your cow, like a lobster. Nope! Not doing that!

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        1 day ago

        Its more fun in real life, I got to feed her and give her scritches behind the ears. No names though, farmer thought that was too far. She hit the slaughter house the next day.

        Circle of life.

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          17 hours ago

          The guy I bought from names them and names the cow they keep for themselves every year Hamburger.