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Working on clearing a pasture right now to start raising our own beeves. And a milk cow as well. (So wanted to say milch cow...I'm such a nerd)

And we will be helping to sequester carbon!

I remember seeing a news program in the 70's saying that because of the recession and the rising cost of meat, that the prices would be subsidized so that Americans could still eat meat. That lasted for quite a while. I think until 1978 or 1980. Then the steady yearly rise in cost resumed.

But I am concerned about the cost of hay. There will be a few months of the year where we will not have them out on pasture. I know quite a few folks who sold their cows during the pandemic because hay costs skyrocketed.

But to have food security... and real beef. Now that's independence.

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Hay will go up -- inputs remain inflated, especially twine and plastic. But your cows should stay ahead of the inflation curve -- beef prices are likely to outpace hay. Use pasture as much as you can.... :)

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I'm convinced that the new elite will be those who have personal control over their food supply.

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I guess if I raise my own vegetables, chicken and beef and sling compost and dung all day, that makes me elite!! Whooo hooo.

I finally made it.

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DO ANY FARMERS TAKE FOOD STAMPS?

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Vermont farmers have a special food stamp program, redeemable directly at farms and farmstands....

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Find locally produced food and, if possible, buy directly from farmers.

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Amen!!

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Buying this week at 5 bucks a pound local grass fed beef. No grain. I am gonna stock the freezer.

Albuquerque area.

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Fair price. A recent report claimed it cost the farmer $4.27 per pound to make it.... :) Many variables, of course. But it will only go up as the supply (and dollar) go down.

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At a grocery store, I was stopped by a guy asking me to sign a petition calling for the city to subsidize a lab for cell-grown meat. The hook was that its output would be used to feed the homeless. So it was a twofer. When I responded I didn't support cell-grown meat, he became irate challenging that it was clean technology that was good for animals and the planet. I calmly kept responding, I don't support the technology. I didn't add that I knew it uses abnormal cells as I think he might have become violent.

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:)

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And to add to the turmoil, in NYC Ms James is now suing meatpacker JBS Foods USA over climate change nonsense.

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