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Organic Produce or Organic Meat and chicken? which is better?

What is more beneficial to one’s health and to out local Agriculture?
Buying organic, grass feed beef and organic chicken
OR
Buying organic, local fruits and vegetables?
I live in NYC, I would love to do both but its soo expensive and so I will go with the beneficial option for now

thanks all

I'd have to say grass fed/pastured meat is more beneficial to local agriculture because in most cases the farmers raising the meat do raise the feed nor do the slaughtering themselves so in order to raise meat more than one farm is positively impacted. I know when I raise pastured chicken for meat I use a local hatchery, a local organic grain farm and a local family run and state inspected processor. that means the money from the sale of the chickens impacts 3 local agricultural businesses.

When I raise produce (my main business) about the only off farm input I buy locally is compost. Everything else comes from out of state or is created/raised on the farm. So produce does not have a huge impact on other local ag. enterprises/local agriculture other than The people I buy organic grain from sometimes buy/barter vegetables from me

I would say you get more bang for your buck with pastured meats simply because factory farmed meats are so dangerous to eat due to the way they are raised compared to produce.

You can lessen your food bill buy buying in bulk in season and learning how to put up food (canning, freezing, dehydrating). I suggest getting the book Root Cellaring by Mike and Nancy Bubel, read it over the winter and get yourself prepared for next season.

I expect next year the cost of local and Organic Foods will not look as expensive as I believe the price of industrial/corporate food will continue to go up, up, up and will be on average more expensive than the local fare (here in rural western Ohio this is already happening) and it is likely there will be food interuptions as the economy continues to crumble

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