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11. Free range cattle

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 11:51 PM

Jan 2016

are 3% of the herds and are run by 2% of the ranchers....

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I want to start a boycott of Oregon beef. Or THEIR beef. Let's hit them right [View all] Maraya1969 Jan 2016 OP

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

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

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

Why Oregon? Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #29