Why Butcher Your Own Meat?

Butchering in this country has broken out of the restaurant kitchen and moved into the home. This trend is a result of several major changes in our society, including a stronger desire to live up to higher moral and ethical standards, concerns for the safety of our food supply, and a renewed spirit of self-reliance. Now that the “givens” of our daily lives are in jeopardy—our economic security, the dependability of our food supply, and the safety of our generous natural resources—raising our own food affords us both a sense of security and a tremendous feeling of accomplishment. Even if we can’t raise our own animals, many of us want to know how the animals we consume were raised and what they were fed.