Where do you buy affordable meat?

honeythewitch

MoneySavingNovice wrote: »

I buy my meat direct from a local farmer.

In my case price-wise it's just slightly less than Aldi, but the quality is so much better. One example being Tamworth free-range pork vs pork pumped with water and preservatives.

The meat is fully traceable, I'm currently eating a heifer called Gilbert.

By cutting out the middle man the farmers also make more money so everyone's a winner.
I wouldn't go back to supermarket meat but the challenge might be finding a local farmer to you. For me its local knowledge. I guess you could try a local farm shop or a local farmers market.

Wouldn't Gilbert be the farmer's name rather than the cow, who would probably be Gilbertina if she had a name?

welshbookworm

Its the boy calves that go for meat. The girls are kept for milk.