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Another way to save money on meat

E-mail|Link|Comments (3) Posted by Devra First November 13, 2008 04:59 PM

Yesterday's paper featured this story about buying meat in tough economic times.

If you prefer to buy grass-fed beef that's free of hormones and antibiotics, there is a good way to do so relatively economically as well: buy a share in a meat CSA.

Stillman's Farm owners Aidan Davin and Kate Stillman. (Photo by Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)

The CSA, or community supported agriculture, model more commonly pertains to produce: You buy a share in a small farm for a season, and each week you get a delivery of seasonal vegetables, herbs, and sometimes fruit or flowers. Several local farms are doing the same with meat.

Stillman's Farm and Chestnut Farms, both located in Hardwick, Mass., offer meat shares. If you purchase a six-month share of 10 pounds a month from either farm, the meat costs $8 per pound. (The larger the share you buy, the cheaper it gets.) Both offer a variety of meats, and both have delivery sites in or convenient to the city.

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3 comments so far...

sweet little lamb. we'll be killing you soon for dinner. how can these people do this?

Posted by espressolover November 13, 08 07:22 PM

You don't kill them right away, silly.
You have to fatten them up first. You know, they are pretty scrawny when they are born.

Then you just slit their throats and slaughter them. --That is how you do it.

Posted by twobeagledogs November 14, 08 03:09 PM

It is actually $7/pound at Chestnut, and the quality is outstanding. We visited the farm a few weeks ago, and saw all the animals and their living quarters. Very humane treatment of these creatures - they have a great life grazing openly with very spacious accommodations.

Posted by mep November 18, 08 01:41 PM