This is very exciting! At the South Pasadena Farmer's Market this evening, my kids and I discovered a new vendor: J&J Grassfed Beef, from Tehachapi, CA, which is about as local as we could hope for given our urban setting. The pricing was *very* competitive, and we immediately bought some ground beef, and a couple of steaks, as well as the tri-tip that the kids insisted on. :) Though I'm willing to order beef in bulk if necessary, it sure will be convenient to have a "local" vendor I can go to on a weekly basis. Hurrayyyy!
Meanwhile, the Open Space Meats (see previous posts) beef we've been eating has been excellent. I can definitely taste the difference in the ground beef, especially. I haven't actually tried any of the steaks yet, but the stew we made (in a crockpot using a simple recipe off the web) from the bottom round cut was excellent!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Sources for Pork, Lamb, Chicken, and Turkey
It bothered me that I haven't eaten any pork or lamb for awhile, now that I'm trying to eat only "good" meat. My earlier web-search via eatwild.com hadn't turned up anything promising. But I expanded my search to outside of California, and find a couple of promising sites that say that they'll still ship to where I am in South Pasadena:
- Grass-Fed Traditions: Looks like there is a membership option for getting bulk discounts. Source of poultry, whose feed apparently includes that derived from coconuts (after the oil is removed).
- Deck Family: This Oregon farm markets just about everything: Beef, several kinds of chicken and turkey, lamb, pork, and goat. They have "sampler boxes" which look interesting.
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