I love the idea of buying local, but am always frustrated with the price. I intuitively want to think that vertically integrating and cutting out several middle men, and selling locally would reduce the price. Especially when I hear so much about distributors gouging farmers. For some reason, this never seems to be the case.
Out of curiosity, I checked out the old salt store and they sell Tri tip for $16-20 per lb. I buy tri-tip on sale for $4/lb, and sometimes $3/lb.
The interesting bit is that I was recently in Switzerland, where it is common for farms to sell meat and dairy direct to the public. I noticed that the there the farm meat and cheese was 25-50% less than the super market.
Taken together, this really leaves me wondering what the difference is between these markets.
Out of curiosity, I checked out the old salt store and they sell Tri tip for $16-20 per lb. I buy tri-tip on sale for $4/lb, and sometimes $3/lb.
The interesting bit is that I was recently in Switzerland, where it is common for farms to sell meat and dairy direct to the public. I noticed that the there the farm meat and cheese was 25-50% less than the super market.
Taken together, this really leaves me wondering what the difference is between these markets.