A lot of small farms will sell you an animal, and you can send it to be processed. And you can specify cuts and ground meat you want. If it’s too much people can go in on it together. My ex inlaws raised cattle, very small herd, and did that. The cattle had a great life, i have a picture of me somewhere feeding them pumpkins on Thanksgiving.
Another option is CSA (community supported agriculture), both in the US and Canada. Mostly vegetables and fruit, but also things like honey, meat and eggs. I’ve even seen cheese and butter and other processed goods. This may be the way I go to start eating in the future.
Judy, this link is specific for Canada and I bet y’all already know about it. https://knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom.com/community-supported-agriculture-csa-farms/canada/
Anyone in the US can just search via their favorite method ‘CSA near me’.
Yeah, that’s done a lot here. The same place that slaughters and packages whatever people bring in also buys local cows from a farmer and that’s what’s in their beef section. Same with chickens so the parts aren’t a humongous as at Food City, etc. The poor chickens raised for meat in some places are so top heavy they can barely walk.