This has been a year of rapid growth for GrassRoots Meats. We have scrambled to be able to provide you with the meat you need, and to provide a year round supply. Next year should be SO much better, and with the purchase of these heifers 2009 looks great, and beyond that as well.

Laura quotes me in the article - nothing brilliant, but flattering nonetheless! Click on the link below and read her article. It is short and simple, but to the point.

The Grass Is Greener

We use a very small company in southern Colorado, about 110 miles from here. It is a three generation family run operation, and they work very hard to package the meat for you. We have worked through a lot of things this past year, but we are very grateful to have this family processing our meat for us. Meat processing is a very hard business and many processors go out of business every year. Sometimes 110 miles seems a long way to have to travel but we are just glad that Mel's does such a good job for us.

"I too believe we need to take responsibility for our own health and the best way is what we are putting or NOT putting in our bodies! With my last two pregnancy's I became painfully aware of how delicate our bodies are. I had a pregnancy induced liver disease due to the increase of the hormone estrogen. I have great respect now about the power of hormones and the effects of chemicals, proteins, fats, etc...on our bodies. My youngest is four and it is just this last year that I don't get sick every month when my estrogen levels rise. Needless to say I am trying to clean out my family's bodies as well as our pantry of junk! You are correct to say that we are all in this together, the Internet has it's good points. It can make a small town (no I am not talking about Hillary's village) out of you and me even though we are miles apart. I believe as a country we need to get back to basics. Alright I have stepped off my soap box! God bless you and your husband for all you do."

The lamb box would contain about 20 pounds of chops, stew meat, boneless leg roast, leg steaks, shanks, ground lamb, shoulder roast and stewing bones. The price would run the same as for the beef box. Please drop me an email and let me know if this is something you might be interested in. If I get enough feedback we will try to implement it this coming year.

Lois & Allan