I've had a tough time finding range fed beef.  I live in southern California
where there are tons of health food stores, but the trend seems to be mostly
vegetarian.  How would the average guy go about finding a rancher and buying
a calf, and what would he do with the calf once he's bought it?


Rob Street wrote:

>Meat doesn't have to come from a health food store to be free range.  My
>grandfather ranched all his life, and never had cattle in a feed lot.  (
>a place one pays to have one's cattle fattened with grain )  The only
>way they ate anything but grass was if they grazed an oat patch or ate
>cattle cake when there was a drought.  Try to find such a rancher and
>buy a calf ( or split the cost with some other people ) directly form
>him or her.  This shouldn't  cost any more than regular beef from the
>grocery store.
>
>-Rob
>