[busybee870]

I went to the grocery today, and saw a box of rabbit from PEL FREEZ, $32.00 for about 4 1/2 lbs
and all they pay us is a little over $1 per pound?

 

[rabbitgal]

My processor pays me about about 1/3 of what he sells the meat for and he's does everything from slaughtering to packaging, marketing, and delivery. :shrug:

If I wanted to buy a rabbit dinner from one of the restaurants he supplies, I'd pay 4 or 5 times what I receive for the live animal. As a consumer at the restaurant, I'm not only paying for the cost of raising the animal, but also my processor's time, his production costs, transportation expenses, the chef's time and expenses, and a reasonable profit so both the restaurant and slaughterhouse can stay in business. Those animals are only going through three hands though -- by the time food gets to the grocery store it's gone through who knows how many middlemen!

Guess you could say that the live animal is to the meat case what a bushel of wheat berries is to a loaf of bread.

 

[busybee870]

yeah, that was the first time i had seen it packaged I was shocked!!

 

[Pigeon Lady]

Hanna, just checked your website. Thanks for putting the links on there.

Weathertop Farm:

http://www.weathertopfarm.com/id16.html

is real close to us and I didn't know it existed. We don't need rabbit of course but sure want to get some of that pastured pork and chicken!

Pauline