08-13-2014, 03:09 PM
(08-13-2014, 01:40 PM)Maggot Wrote:Now THAT was an awesome deal. I know a local rancher here who raises cattle, pigs and emus, but when I asked him if I could buy half a hog and a side of beef he hemmed and hawed. This co-op also has beef, chicken and turkey, but it's kind of pricey ($4 and change/lb) because its organic, range fed meat.(08-13-2014, 01:26 PM)Blindgreed1 Wrote:(08-13-2014, 12:17 PM)Maggot Wrote:I just signed up for my local co-op here. It comes out to about 20 bucks a week. I go next Tuesday to pick up my first share. Based on what I'm going to get, it looks like a pretty awesome deal.(08-13-2014, 11:42 AM)Blindgreed1 Wrote: Anybody here do the vegetable co-op in your area?
I trade pickles for stuff like bacon and eggs from a farm up the road. There is a few acres a couple of towns over that they give an area to poor people to grow a garden. Its right across from the woman's prison.
I did something like that last year, it worked out well but we did it I think 20.00 a week starting in the spring. I got 1⁄2 a pig in the fall and some corn for about 260.00 he threw in 1 ton of compost for my garden in the spring delivered. it ended up being about 1.00 a # for the meat maybe less when you consider the 50 corn and compost.