is it possible to get real free range meat?!

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No! The idea of free range is a myth. Pure and simple. Animals in any humyn use situation are slaves, they are typically abused and in most cases murdered or end up dead from experiments or over use or what have you.

The difference between 'grass fed' or 'all natural' 'no hormones' etc is simply just terms to dupe people into buying into the whole "humane" myth. If you have looked at how humans treat each other humane treatment sounds like the biggest joke ever, though the sad thing is that joke is being played against the animals and they are suffering for both "humane" meat and factory farmed meat. Usually the only difference is in the name.

Real free range animals are animals that are not exploited or used for any humyn purpose whatsoever and are allowed to roam free in nature without any humyn interference but sadly we have made those conditions hard to get for animals because we think of them as property.

My thoughts are this, live vegan and avoid all use and abuse of animals entirely. If your parents or other "authority" figures don't like this, it is none of their concern and you have no reason to listen too them. Using and abusing animals is and always has been wrong, wrong wrong and wrong and anyone who does so needs to stop. You are your own humyn being and capable of making your own decisions and if your parents don't understand that then you need to confront them about it and make it clear what your intentions are and that they cannot sway you from them.

http://humanemyth.org/
http://www.upc-online.org/freerange.html
http://peacefulprairie.org/freerange1.ht…

This is a great essay on locavorism and the free range/sustainable meat movement:
http://stanford.academia.edu/VasileStane…

vegan because animals are not property

It is slightly better, but the conditions ar eprobably still pretty bad.

Yes, you can get actual free-range meats, dairy, and eggs. One of my friends lives on a dairy farm; another raises chickens; and another works for the slaughterhouse for her neighbors' beef farm (quite a group for a veg to be friends with :)). I've been to all these places (except the slaughterhouse, which I wouldn't be able to bear; I went to the farm), and the conditions are great.
As far as I know, none of these places sell to grocery stores, but to individual buyers.

But, most of the things you see in stores are people not genuinely taking an interest in the animals- only thinking of profit- and increasing the standards just enough so that they can call their product free range, charge higher prices, and attract more consumers.

You can look for items that have been certified humane. They're hard to find now, but hopefully the movement will get enough support to grow.

As others have mentioned, hunting and fishing are about as free range as it gets. I'm not suggesting you hunt--I know how difficult that would be--but if you know anyone who does, they may be willing to sell you some of their catch.

Buying from local growers is the best way to find meet that has been raised responsibly. You can talk to the actual produce and even visit many of their farms to see exactly how the animals are treated. Below I've listed a couple sites where you can find local growers.

www.grassfedbeefdirectory.com
www.eatwild.com
www.bradysbeef.com

Even if there are real free range animals, they still suffer the horror of being slaughtered.

now you understand the popularity with being completely vegan....

Free range meat is also known as roadkill. Or you could go hunting.

you could hunt it yourself. doesnt get any more natural and free range than that.

The concept behind "free range" is that the animals are given enough space to simulate their natural habitat if they were not farm animals. The means chicken are out of the coop all day and allowed to roam and peck on the ground as they would in the wild. Though there are no more wild cattle, cows are allowed to roam a relatively large grassland to feed on their own, etc. You get the picture. But since the industry is huge, loopholes are often the rule rather than the exception. There are farms that do follow the "spirit" of what "free range" is supposed to be but yo have to search for them . A mere "free range label" on a meat or egg or dairy package does not guarantee anything. Neither does the latest fad "organic". Fruits and vegetables are often labeled "organic" and people think no chemicals are used. That is wrong. No SYNTHETIC chemicals (pesticides and fertilizers both) are used but organic chemicals are. Malathion ( a common chemical pesticide) is an organic chemical and can be sprayed on certified organic farms. So is nicotine, so is

you can try to look at this site
http://www.certifiedhumane.org/

Yup, visiting the farm. There are bound to be some small, local, family-owned farms in your area which raise and sell their own meat, eggs, etc, and they typically welcome potential customers to tour their farms.

You are correct in that "free range" means almost nothing on a label in a grocery store. For chickens, for example, that may simply mean there are no cages, and that there is some kind of access to fresh air...but they might still be crowded, have very limited mobility, subsist on a pretty unnatural diet, get mutilated without any kind of anesthesia or medical treatment, not ever see dirt or sunshine...you get the idea.

In general, if a label says "all natural," you should just ignore it. That doesn't really mean, anything, either.

"Grass-fed" and "no hormones" are pretty self-explanatory, but again, the best thing to do is start inquiring with local farmers. You also may discover fairly reasonable prices at local farms, and it might not be as expensive as you'd think to buy meat directly from the farmer.

Not really