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Kali

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5. unless they direct-market or are part of some co-op or other entity that does direct,
Sun Jan 10, 2016, 11:08 PM
Jan 2016

it is doubtful you can source back to individual ranches as a customer. most range cattle go through at least one or two other growing locations before slaughter. and then the cuts you buy retail are likely from different animals - and this is especially true if you buy chubs of hamburger (I do not recommend buying ground beef this way, it is the most likely way to get food poisoning from meat, other than chicken)

most beef is marketed as a commodity and you would have a hard time sourcing it back to the rancher, (though it can be done if there were some kind of outbreak)

AND from what I have read, the ranchers in Oregon didn't want those yahoos to come up there anyway. AND most of the yahoos aren't even really ranchers!

you COULD find a local source of beef in your area, see what you think about their politics or other world views and buy from them.

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It would not be easy (if even possible) to do without hurting innocent ranchers. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #1
Yep. hunter Jan 2016 #10
exactly! Kali Jan 2016 #16
They aren't from Oregon. underpants Jan 2016 #2
Wait a minnit!1 Oregon ain't the culprit (these days), it's the Radical Mormons from elsewhere!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2016 #3
Don't Take It Out On Oregon Ranchers As These Malheur Protesters Are From Out Of State.... global1 Jan 2016 #4
unless they direct-market or are part of some co-op or other entity that does direct, Kali Jan 2016 #5
Trying to buy locally sourced beef is probably the best choice anyway csziggy Jan 2016 #7
yeah, there is starting to be more local beef in the upper end stores Kali Jan 2016 #13
Well, the food co-op started out as a true co-op back in the 1960s csziggy Jan 2016 #14
Almost any local butcher shop works. safeinOhio Jan 2016 #23
I'm not sure there are any local butcher shops left around here csziggy Jan 2016 #25
Yep, it's complicated. hunter Jan 2016 #17
I love your family stories. Kali Jan 2016 #19
No reason to hurt "real" ranchers who pay their bills leftofcool Jan 2016 #6
A boycott of beef 2naSalit Jan 2016 #8
this is a little misleading, Kali Jan 2016 #15
the 2naSalit Jan 2016 #18
I am a rancher and I have a slight clue what I am talking about. Kali Jan 2016 #20
I have known the 2naSalit Jan 2016 #21
obviously I could say the exact same thing to you Kali Jan 2016 #22
Because an AZ businessman invaded Oregon. Yeah, we Oregonians really like you too now! L. Coyote Jan 2016 #9
Free range cattle catnhatnh Jan 2016 #11
So hopefully you've been educated and will be less quick to suggest onenote Jan 2016 #12
Would be funny if they got home and all their leftyladyfrommo Jan 2016 #24
Those creeps aren't Oregonians, and as a matter of fact, MerryBlooms Jan 2016 #26
they don't want us to have county of origin listed let alone state dembotoz Jan 2016 #27
Those are cranks are from Nevada and Arizona, they are not Oregon ranchers at all. Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #28
Why Oregon? Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #29
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