Speaking of pemmican, I ran across this web site that sells pemmican.
I haven't tried it but I'm thinking about it.  It's $79 for 5 lbs,
which doesn't seem too bad to me -- 40 2oz servings, about $2 each.
It's also made from grass fed beef.

http://storesense01.dynamic.net/grassland/Detail.bok?no=159

Alan Jones