We try to eat pasture raised beef products as much as possible. We order from a local farm. Pasture raised animals are typically leaner and they have a better balance of EFAs then the grain fed stuff you buy at the supermarket.
It is a healthier choice, by far.

You can find sources for Pasture Raised meats that are close to you by checking out www.eatwild.com
I love our farm. If you're in Iowa, I can send you the link to that one!
Our guy also delivers fish from Alaska (he has a business partner there, and they do their own fishing and stocking.) Since this has been going well, he is also going to add chickens, so I will be set!

The Gardenofeatindiet.com book discusses in detail why it's better to eat pasture raised meats.

Here's an article on grass fed beef and its comparison to grainfed.

http://www.caldwellfarms.com/beef.shtml

Leslie

Greetings All,

I just did a little research and found a link called Eat Wild. This is grass fed livestock, usualy organic and ranged.

The home page is: www.eatwild.com

You can access farms in your own state by going to www.eatwild/products/ (your state).html

So for me this looks like www.eatwild/products/maine.html. If you live in Virginia it looks like www.eatwild/products/virginia.html, etc.

There will be a listing for each farm in your state with contact information.

Leslie

I am positive what the animal eats does get through into milk and also meat

a long time goat keeper in the UK recently told me how even what the goat breathes in gets into the milk .........after putting creasote on her fence posts she got a nasty surprise when her goats milk tasted of creosote and was unusable for about 2 months !!!

I was fine with goats milk when feeding our goats only cert organic feed and no wheat but last years severe drought has meant that the goats now have a small amount of pellets containing wheat and some non organic oats ........ I have continual sinus trouble ...........which could be caused by either or both just dont know what else to eat as everything I eat must be Organic and being a type 1 diabetic I must have carbs

I would love to feed my goats all on pasture but we just dont have enough land to grow it ........ we have started planting fodder trees hoping to eventually replace some grain with them

also investigating how to feed our chickens a grain free diet ....... ( hoping Kim reads this a can give m some tips please

koz
western australia

How many chickens Koz?

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...hlight=chicken

See post #6. I just got back from the grocery store and bought several big frozen fish (heads and all). All the animals get this at least once a week.

Okay...I'm obsessed. Its my pet topic, I admit but...how is he with corn derivatives?

Fresh meat is often dusted with cornstarch for packaging purposes, treated with citric acid for preservation purposes, or otherwise inundated with corn. (Is it lactic acid? I can't keep it all straight, but I don't know anyone who can, Corn is the real conspiracy...)

Or maybe meat itself is a problem for him. There are several in my family line that simply couldn't/can't do beef. My nutritionist said that meat products are the worst for gut issues. (I believe her exact words were that I needed to give up or drastically reduce meat consumption. She was crushed to hear I'd been vegetarian most of my life.)

thanks Kim

we have 6 chickens currently need some more because some are getting quite old and dont lay - but we will still keep our old girls and our 5 yo rooster

I had read that post which was why I knew you fed your chickens "alternative "feed but I am a bit confused as to what else you feed them other than fish ?

ours free range all day and get bugs and grass and goat poo but they like their grain and expect it each evening .....they dont seem to like fish -hubby gives them the fish gizzards when he goes fishing but they leave them

sorry if I have hijacked the thread

koz