02/29/2024
This is a commonly asked question we get as well.
"How can you kill an animal and eat it?"
My response is almost always, "How can you go to the grocery store knowing those animals lived like that?"
We made a conscious decision in 2020 to begin raising as much of our own food as possible. Chicken and muscovy duck is the primary meat in our house. We purchase local beef that we know was well kept and tended to. Do I pay a premium for that? Yes I do. Do we care? No we don't. I'd rather support a local farmer and spend a few dollars more than buy the garbage on a Walmart meat shelf. That's a luxury we're afforded by raising the majority of our own food and cutting high costs a lot of people are facing in grocery stores.
Cutting out excessive oils like vegetable oil, canola oil, and other harmful seed oils has made a world of difference in our quality of life and health. We cook primarily with beef tallow, rendered from local beef fat from that same butcher, and olive oil. Gallbladder issues? Gone. Stomach cramps? Gone.
We're currently making the switch to homemade bread and kicking out store bought bread from our homes. The overprocessed, sad, unnutritious lump of a loaf on a grocery store shelf will never compare to making your own bread.
Is all of this difficult? Absolutely. I'll be cursing at the wind in a month getting garden seedlings started, but I'll do it knowing my freezer is full, my pantry is stocked, and my family is fed.
If you've ever wanted to make the step towards homesteading, we're always happy to lend an ear, offer advice, and point you in the right direction. Starting this journey is HARD, but it doesn't mean it isn't worth it.
