Meat day...

We haven't bought much meat from a grocery store in a couple of years. How we get our meat is by pre-ordering it from local farmer's. We buy whole chickens a couple of times a year from one farmer and a half a pig and cow from other's. The chicken and beef are grass fed whereas I believe the pork is grain fed. I would like to get some grass fed pork but right now the price in our area has been prohibitive. I believe that at least buying the pork from a local farmer insure some degree of improvement over meat from the store. Today we will be picking up our beef and pork from the butcher. This should total around 300 pounds. I am also getting the fat from both animals to make tallow and lard with. These are healthy fats and I will undoubtedly be spending the next several days rendering down the fat. A lot of work but so worth it to have good healthy fat as opposed to nasty store bought oils.