{"id":15932,"date":"2012-10-03T11:55:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T15:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=15932"},"modified":"2012-10-03T11:55:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T15:55:40","slug":"embracing-meat-shares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2012\/10\/embracing-meat-shares\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing Meat Shares"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Previously meat purchases weren’t something I had to seriously ponder and research.<\/p>\n

Every few months I would make my way over to North Market<\/a> and purchase beef, chicken, and pork in bulk quantities. \u00a0Enough to get me through at least 3-4 months of cooking. \u00a0All meat was local and the animals raised properly.<\/p>\n

Moving to Fort Collins<\/a>, locating local meats became tricky. \u00a0There’s no central hub (at least none that I could find at the time of this post) where I could go and make purchases, whenever and for whatever I wanted.<\/p>\n

The internet and the farmer’s markets became my resources. \u00a0I researched and researched local farmers, read about their practices, and when I could, sampled their products.<\/p>\n

I also asked a lot of questions at the farmer’s markets and spoke with as many farmers as I could. \u00a0I also gathered up any information they had on hand. \u00a0I came home with a lot of pamphlets!<\/p>\n

Since there’s no central market for me to purchase local meats, my option now is participating in meat shares.<\/p>\n

Basically buying a share means you are purchasing a large quantity of meat directly from the farmer of your choosing.<\/p>\n

Shares are usually broken down into whole, half, and quarters of animals. \u00a0In the case of chickens, my understanding is that you can purchase a set amount of meat vs. purchasing a half a chicken (which wouldn’t get you very far!).<\/p>\n

This year I have purchased half a pig. \u00a0I’ll be picking up that order sometime this month and I’m terribly excited about it! \u00a0I purchased the pork from Jodar Farm’s<\/a> and having tasted their pork, I’m happy with my purchase. \u00a0The product is amazing.<\/p>\n

Still researching beef and chicken. \u00a0I have a few places in mind but haven’t settled on anything definite.<\/p>\n

I’m hoping to purchase either a quarter cow or purchase enough beef to get us through the winter.<\/p>\n

This is the first time I’ve ever done this and I’m excited about it!<\/p>\n

Have you ever purchased a meat share before? \u00a0How did you like it? \u00a0How much did you buy and how long did it last?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Previously meat purchases weren’t something I had to seriously ponder and research. Every few months I would make my way over to North Market and purchase beef, chicken, and pork in bulk quantities. \u00a0Enough to get me through at least 3-4 months of cooking. \u00a0All meat was local and the animals raised properly. Moving to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-48Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}