Eat locally (meat) - help requested

[drwex]

I've finally found a place (Chestnut Farms, http://www.Chestnutfarms.org) that will let me purchase a pork-free meat share. Thanks to skreeky for setting me on the path.

The challenge now is figuring out pick-up. They've got a drop-off in Arlington, but it's only from 5-6PM, which is not easily compatible with my and Pygment's work and kid-pickup schedules. I'd love to find someone who's also interested in grass-fed, hormone- and antibiotic-free meat and would be willing to pick up my share at the same time as they pick up their own. It comes pre-frozen so storage shouldn't be difficult until we can arrange a swap.

If someone near to me is interested, check out their site for share sizes and pricing - the lowest end is 10lb/month for a six month commitment. I may try it anyway, since K will soon not be going to school in Chelmsford, but if someone has a more flexible schedule that'd be great.

Comments

[drwex]

I agree that 10lb/month isn't sensible for a person by herself. Though 60lb/year might be sensible, I dunno. Another option is for multiple people to divvy up a share themselves.

But yes, we're basing this off a family of four as well as having friends over now and then and it's nice to be able to fire up the grill and just marinate something and toss it on to cook.

One of the reasons we're going in for the minimal share at the start is to see how it matches up to our eating habits.

[okelle.livejournal.com]

Keep me posted! If it turns out it's too much, perhaps I can go in on it with you. I live in Arlington, so picking up the share would be fairly easy for me.