Back in February, flush with reading Nourishing Traditions, I joined The Bay Area Meat CSA, a buying coop where local folk coordinate around buying pre-orders parts of pigs, cows, lambs, sheep and so on.
I love this site, love the idea, love the opportunity to buy more direct and at a fair price, but...I have not bought a thing. Why? The little issue of a freezer.
You see, our household is small, two-three at a time, and we're not big animal eaters. So...the benefits of acquiring a chunk of a pig would have to be played out with a place to store it. someplace bigger than our tiny little top freezer of the fridge.
Only, is that really worth it? Would the electricity and expense we'd incur to run the thing (and presumably put fruits and veggies we'd process in, along with meat) be worth it?
Or are we better off buying our occasional doses of pastured meat retail?
Pondering this question has led to doing nothing. Doing nothing is fine for now.
I love this site, love the idea, love the opportunity to buy more direct and at a fair price, but...I have not bought a thing. Why? The little issue of a freezer.
You see, our household is small, two-three at a time, and we're not big animal eaters. So...the benefits of acquiring a chunk of a pig would have to be played out with a place to store it. someplace bigger than our tiny little top freezer of the fridge.
Only, is that really worth it? Would the electricity and expense we'd incur to run the thing (and presumably put fruits and veggies we'd process in, along with meat) be worth it?
Or are we better off buying our occasional doses of pastured meat retail?
Pondering this question has led to doing nothing. Doing nothing is fine for now.
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