[Villages Kahuna]

Most cattle and pigs are fed very precisely engineered feed. There are usually a few different “mixes” used between birth and slaughter. The feed is designed to promote growth and produce a precise ratio of fat to lean meat. The combination of the choice of male and female parents and the feed is so effective that the time between birth and when they are loaded on the truck to go to slaughter is accurate within a matter of days. The key measure is the weight of the animal. Meat processing plants are designed to handle animals of a specific size and weight. Of course, most meat in the stores are raised using this kind of feed. My guess is that smaller amounts of “grass fed” meat is available at most good meat markets, at higher cost of course. I know that both Choice and Prime beef is available at Sam’s Club, although I don’t know whether either is grass fed.