> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paleolithic Eating Support List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Purcell
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: Newbie Question - Organ Meats
> 
> The current price-rises seem to be mainly affecting grain-fed meat, not
> grassfed meat. This is because of the huge costs involved in raising
> grainfed meats(re needing antibiotics, fertilisers for the grain, the
> now-expensive oil needed for intensive-farming practices etc. etc.)
> Indeed, many farmers are turning to grassfed meats as the profit-margin
> is larger.
> 
> Personally, I've found that combining grassfed meat with the practice
> of Intermittent fasting and following a raw, palaeolithic diet means I
> actually spend much less money on food than in my SAD/junk-food days.
> Ten years ago, I would waste vast sums of money on crisps(what
> Americans call chips, I believe?), chocolate, fast-food etc.

The larger profit margins of grass-fed meats are a pretty good indicator
that their prices are higher than those of grain-fed meats. If grass-fed
meat were cheaper or the same price, or even just modestly more expensive
than equal portions of grain-fed meat I would never buy grain-fed again,
wherever there was a choice. Sadly, I have never seen this. 

My food budget went up when I went Paleo, but I feel that it's worth the
extra cost. I see it as an investment in my health. I just wish the cost
didn't keep going up and up at an alarming rate and that I didn't have to
make more and more compromises. I can't afford to fast either--I'm skinny as
it is! :-)