Where's the Grass-Fed Red Meat?

June 1, 2011 6:03 PM

Can you recommend a website where you can order grass-fed bison and beef on the cheap (or reasonably priced)?
posted by helios410 to Food & Drink (4 answers total)

I don't know about a generic website for reasonably priced grassfed beef, but I can tell you I bought my specific reasonably priced grassfed beef at http://monroviafarm.com/. The owner happens to be a neighbor's uncle, and we have to drive to the butcher to pick up our quarter cow (which we paid about $600 for, or about $5/lb).

So my advice to find cheap grassfed beef is to check out semi-local farms, ask around your friends (especially the crunchy granola ones), ask nearby CSAs and maybe check http://localharvest.com. Somebody near you probably knows the secret code word to find cheap grassfed red meat.

If you're looking to buy a few pounds here and there online and have it shipped... that I don't know about. Maybe somebody else can help.
posted by instamatic at 6:59 PM on June 1, 2011

The Tropical Traditions offshoot called Grassfed Traditions is an excellent store with really, really top notch stuff as far as compassionate, natural foods go. May not necessarily fit in with "on the cheap" though. (I usually order coconut oil through them and they often have great discounts for that...but the meat's more pricey)
posted by carlh at 7:15 PM on June 1, 2011

I'm a member of the Oklahoma food coop and I buy both buffalo and beef from the Wichita Buffalo Company. They might be willing to ship, their products are really the best.
posted by francesca too at 8:58 PM on June 1, 2011

Ordering online is unlikely to be "on the cheap" because it needs to be shipped refrigerated and/or fast (with dry ice), neither of which is cheap. Can you really not get this locally?
posted by sharding at 9:35 PM on June 1, 2011