Yes, but I also will only buy meat that has been humanely raised and slaughtered (this does not apply to dining at other people's homes, though - I eat what I'm served). I eat meat maybe twice a week or so. I only buy meat from Whole Foods or equivalent. My primary concerns are environmental.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course. No antibiotics and no hormones for all meat and dairy.

I hope you know you're just being suckered into major marketing BS.

Or maybe we aren't.

Yes, you are. No us dairy has hormones. So...advertising that is marketing only. No antibiotics is fine, but that really does not make the meat "natural", sustainable, humane, organic, etc. there's a reason seeing the "natural" chicken has become so popular - it's a cheap investment in green washing for a producer.

By law, all chicken and eggs sold in the US must be "hormone free." Antibiotics are not commonly used in egg-laying hens. And "natural" on a label means absolutely nothing. (Also odd--advertising that the hens eat a vegetarian diet. Chickens are naturally omnivores that eat bugs and worms, so a vegetarian chicken is probably being fed grain that has been fortified with amino acids.)

Nope, never.

Usually I buy organic because that's what is sold as 'humanely raised".
Why? Because if I'm going to eat an animal, the least I can do is be sure that the poor thing wasn't raised cruelly, or tortured during it's short life or during slaughtering. Not sure how people can justify buying factory farmed meat to save a few dollars. (Barring true economic hardship.)

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Anonymous wrote:From Costco? Sure.

Costco's organic chicken has gotten lots of dings from inspectors and smells bad. We avoid it.

We used to purchase it and now avoid as well. Smells and tastes disgusting.

I purchase beef from a farm by the 1/4. They aren't certified organic, but use similar practices.

Once a year we buy a quarter or half cow (depending on how much we have left from the previous year) and one pig from a local farm, have them professionally processed, and store them in a deep freezer for use throughout the year. We get chickens from the same farm, but usually a few at a time 3-4 times a year. They're not certified organic, but I've gone to visit and seen the animals wandering around the pastures, and I know they don't use any hormones or routine antibiotics.

If I didn't do this? Before I started, I did not buy organic. Now that I'm used to it, if I went back to buying meat from a store, I'd pay for grass-fed no-antibiotic no-growth-hormone beef and free-range poultry and eggs. I don't particularly care if they are organic or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course. No antibiotics and no hormones for all meat and dairy.

I hope you know you're just being suckered into major marketing BS.

Or maybe we aren't.

For meat, eggs and milk we either buy organic or from a local farm.

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Sort of. All our meat comes from a local farm. It is t certified organic but uses organic and humane practices. Customers can visit the farm to see for themselves. I do it for animal welfare reasons, mostly, but there is some evidence that pastured animals have a different fat profile than feedlot meat.

PP, where do you buy?

South Mountain Creamery. They deliver once a week right onto our front porch. We get all meat, milk, cream, and eggs from them.

Same here, except I get some of my meat from Wegmans "local farms, grass fed, free range" section. Mostly ground beef and ground pork.
SMC is a great service and you will never get better buttermilk.

Anonymous wrote:

Sort of. All our meat comes from a local farm. It is t certified organic but uses organic and humane practices. Customers can visit the farm to see for themselves. I do it for animal welfare reasons, mostly, but there is some evidence that pastured animals have a different fat profile than feedlot meat.

PP, where do you buy?

South Mountain Creamery. They deliver once a week right onto our front porch. We get all meat, milk, cream, and eggs from them.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course. No antibiotics and no hormones for all meat and dairy.

I hope you know you're just being suckered into major marketing BS.

Sort of. All our meat comes from a local farm. It is t certified organic but uses organic and humane practices. Customers can visit the farm to see for themselves. I do it for animal welfare reasons, mostly, but there is some evidence that pastured animals have a different fat profile than feedlot meat.

PP, where do you buy?

Anonymous wrote:From Costco? Sure.

Costco's organic chicken has gotten lots of dings from inspectors and smells bad. We avoid it.