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from Ontario board)  had a discussion recently with friends
about buying "local foods". one friend claimed that he only
bought meat from small local farms and he was willing to pay
more money to get the "local" meat. i typically like to get
steaks from Cumbrae; but, he even thinks that Cumbrae is too
commercial. i've tried some of his steaks and they just don't
have the same flavour. he says we just have to change our tastes
in meat from the marbley, fatty meats to leaner "natural" meats.
i tried to explain to him that humans have been trying to fatten
up their livestock for millenia.  i question to you guys, are u
willing to change/give up certain tastes and pay a premium for
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not to the extent of some of the pricing i have seen. i was in a
new organic meat shop last week and i priced out a small
roasting chicken at $24. sorry but that is too much for local
and organic for me. can we