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Organic or local meat

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I have a choice to buy either locally produced/slaughtered free range meat from a butchers or organic meat from a supermarket. I really want to buy organic for lots of reasons, but prefer buying locally reared and slaughterd meat from a butcher.

I don't want price to be the only deciding factor, so what do others do with this same dilemma? :confused:

Donna
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  • Volcano
    Volcano Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    I'd buy local. If the organic meat is from overseas you've little chance of ever finding out if it truely is organic. I also think preference should be given to a local producer rather than the multi-national where possible.
  • DonnaP
    DonnaP Posts: 458 Forumite
    The organic meat I've looked at from the supermarket is from Britain. I agree that organic meat from abroad means (for me anyway) that the benefits of organic is wiped out by the air miles.
  • Volcano wrote: »
    I'd buy local. If the organic meat is from overseas you've little chance of ever finding out if it truely is organic. I also think preference should be given to a local producer rather than the multi-national where possible.
    I agree, by buying local firstly you have a better chance of knowing where the meat comes from. Also by buying local, you're keeping the food miles down.
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  • LeeSouthEast
    LeeSouthEast Posts: 3,822 Forumite
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  • babyshoes
    babyshoes Posts: 1,771 Forumite
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    I would buy the local, free range meat - the animals' well-being is more important to me than whether they were given medicine, and as far as I know, free range animals tend to need less medicine than battery farmed ones anyway.
    Trust me - I'm NOT a doctor!
  • Ste_C
    Ste_C Posts: 676 Forumite
    I would buy local over organic. Organic principles are fine, but a lot of food labelled as organic - particularly meat - isn't really that organic. And just because meat is organic it might not necessarily be free range, which I think for taste and welfare reasons is more important.

    At least with local meat you can trace it easier.
  • i owuld choose locally produced if i could
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite
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    Ste_C wrote: »
    I would buy local over organic. Organic principles are fine, but a lot of food labelled as organic - particularly meat - isn't really that organic. And just because meat is organic it might not necessarily be free range, which I think for taste and welfare reasons is more important.

    Where do you get your information from about organic meat?

    If any meat on sale as organic isn't "really that organic" then someone is breaking the law and should be prosecuted. Organically certified food can be traced from the seed or conception through to the shop. What more do you want?

    There is no higher standard for welfare than the organic system. Of course the animals have been free-range.
  • Ste_C
    Ste_C Posts: 676 Forumite
    Mojisola wrote: »
    Where do you get your information from about organic meat?

    If any meat on sale as organic isn't "really that organic" then someone is breaking the law and should be prosecuted. Organically certified food can be traced from the seed or conception through to the shop. What more do you want?

    There is no higher standard for welfare than the organic system. Of course the animals have been free-range.

    The qualification criteria for Organic food still leaves a lot to be desired. A lot of food which can be officially classifed as organic is really not that much different to 'ordinary' food. I'm in favour of organic food, but my main point was that just because a chicken is classed as organic it doesn't necessarily mean it has had a good standard of life.

    There are a lot of holes in the organic system which means some producers can get away with doing very little.
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