where can i buy grass fed meat? such as free range chicken?!
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Chicken don't eat "grass", whether they're free range or not.
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I used to RAISE chickens- "free range". They do NOT eat grass.
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I suggest Whole Foods. I know somebody who is raises cows organically, free range (truly free range and not the shady government labels) and as humanely as possible. I know this family. They are members of our church. They are one of either three or four beef suppliers to the Whole Foods stores of Ohio. (And a part of Ohio Proud.) If it weren't for them, my three-year-old daughter would not eat meat or cheese, or chicken or eggs. (They buy the other products from other local farms with similar values.) They also have a store in a small Ohio town, near us.
I suggest that you start with farmer's markets as well and even look for meat lockers in the smaller towns. Don't just go for the labeling on the grocery store packages that claim "free range" " grass fed", etc. Sure, they might have access to the outdoors, but how much or what kind of ground. Also, "cage free" might just mean that the birds are crammed in the barn with little room to move.
Whole Foods does sell many local things. However, they mark them up a bit. I can get jelly and jam from a local store at my in-laws' town for $3. At Whole Foods, it's $4. (There is a general store in our town that sells Ohio products. They sell the jelly and jam as well. I would pay $4 for it there because it supports two local businesses.)
Grocery stores like Whole Foods or some health food store.
Chickens are omnivores and will eat grain corns such as wheat, barley, or sorghum, seeds, fruit, other vegetation, , worms and other insects.
Commercial food pellets are mostly corn and soybean meal with additives such as kelp and supplemental calcium.
cereals or cereal grains are grasses. they include Amaranth · Barley · Buckwheat · Fonio · Job's Tears · Ka?iwa · Maize (corn) · Millet · Oat · Quinoa · Rice · Rye · Sorghum · Spelt · Teff · Triticale · Wheat · Wild rice
Best bet would be a farmer's market.
I've heard people praising stores like Whole Foods, but I'm not convinced it's as wholesome as they make it out to be.
Anywhere other than the V&V category.