I don't know if i'd call "cow hunting" very fun :)

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On 7/30/99, at 3:43 PM, Wayne VanTassel wrote:

>At 04:20 PM 7/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>I want to look into buying a whole cow or pig (dead and processed, of
>>course) from some nice little local farm. The meat would probably be much
>>cheaper per pound that way, plus it would mean fewer hormones and such.
>>Anyone do that? How do you go about finding a source?
>
>don't know where you are writing from, but here in the states at least
>farmers no longer do their own butchering.  And if they do some (my family
>used to until recently) health codes prohibit the sale of the meat to
>others (private consumption is not regulated)
>
>what you want to do is go a butcher shop.  there you will be able to order
>a whole beef, etc.  Of course, finding one that sells organic meat is not
>easy.  I believe their are several that advertise on the web that do sell
>it.  But the cost of shipping is going to be high.
>
>(or you could just buy a hunting license ...  it's cheaper and far more fun)