The 3 Boxes to Check When Buying Meat, and How We Check Them All

There's 3 things that all people consider when buying meat.

Accessibility, quality, and of course, price. Let's break them down.

Accessibility. How easy is it to get your meat. When you're shopping, it's easy to go for the item that's in the front, easy to reach, and right in the grocery store, not more than 10 steps out of the way from the next thing you're buying. Hard to compete with that.... unless... what is there was a subscription... something you leave on autopay, and you'd get meat delivered right to your door? That's us. You can choose your meats, or just let us choose them for you, so that you get a variety of meats, ground meat and cuts, with simple recipes to provide the never-ending question of, "what's for dinner?" We deliver locally on the first Friday of each month. You set it up and then sit back and wait for us to bring it to your door.

Quality. I wish this was number one in everyone's mind when the think about meat, but sadly, ease of getting your meat, and price, seem to trump quality in today's busy, high energy, and oh, so expensive rat race that we call life. But quality. Oh, it matters what you eat. Transparency and traceability are lost in meats from box stores. Imported meat is labeled "product of USA" when it was simply packaged here. The labeling requirements in America are terribly abused. Your box stores are selling meat with ridiculous amounts of antibiotic and hormones, and unethical raising practices. Calves crammed into feed lots, in a mess of mud and shit, sick ones mixed in with the healthiest. Our animals are rotationally grazed, so they have a variety of new grasses every day, year-round. No need for vaccines, wormer, or antibiotics when cows are getting acres of sunlight, good grass, fresh water, and are being raised in their natural God given atmosphere.

Price. Ah, there's the one. If the meat is that good, it'll break the bank. Let's break it down.

Walmart ground beef: Average $7 per pound

Our price: $8 per pound

Walmart Ribeye Steak: Average price $20 per pound

Our price: $28 per pound

Walmart Chicken Breasts: Start at 2.57 per pound, "free range" chicken breasts, which are not truly free range at all, start at $5.78 per pound

Our price: $10 per pound

Walmart Ground Sausage $4.96 per pound

Our price: $6 per pound

So, yes there is an upcharge, from the junk the line the shelves with at box stores. You do pay a bit for the local farmer, the ethical practices, and knowing your meat is quality. But I argue that the upcharge isn't astronomical.

Is it worth it to you?