On Jan 9, 2008 6:42 AM, Dean May <<a href="mailto:deanmay@pianorebuilders.com">deanmay@pianorebuilders.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Speaking of beef, my wife and I have been getting ours from a local Amish<br>farmer, grass fed all natural (feeding grain to cows chemically alters their<br>fat content to all the bad stuff). He raises Scottish Highlanders which is a
<br>breed that does exceptionally well on grass. My meat processor is amazed at<br>how healthy these animals are.</blockquote><div><br>That's great, Dean. We do the same thing. I have a friend with a small farm. We get our beef and chicken there.
<br></div><div><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">We also have purchased cow shares from another Amish farmer and get whole
<br>unprocessed milk. Our delivery of 2 gallons yesterday was rich and creamy,<br>milked fresh that morning. Homogenizing milk breaks down the fat molecules<br>and allows them to pass directly into your blood stream. Not good.
<br>Pasteurizing kills the nutrients. We also get cheese and butter.</blockquote><div><br>I've heard this as well. Kudos to you for doing this. I wish I could do the same thing with the milk. Enjoy it while it lasts. Big brother is trying to figure out a way to stop you. All for your own protection, of course...since you're obviously too stupid to know what's best for you. :-)
<br><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I would encourage you all to look for local farmers you can directly<br>support. You don't have to look too hard to find those that try to use
<br>natural farming methods. Once you try you'll never go back to factory farm<br>products. The cost is slightly more, but considerably less than today's<br>health care costs. Treat your body right, it's the only one you got.
</blockquote></div><br>Amen! And those who don't buy local will also regret the fact that they've been supporting Wal-Mart and not their local farmers...when Wal-Mart runs out of food. They won't be able to buy food when the next depression comes. (And it will come, and it will be horrible.)
<br><br>I'm going to have a garden this year because I don't want to get dependent on grocery stores for food. I'd like to have something growing all the time. It will be more expensive (in dollars but especially time), but it will be worth it to get back to the land more.
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>JF