Buy Local Modays - Scanga Meat Company

Obviously I support my local/in-state breweries, but I try to support locally owned businesses and buy locally produced products as much as possible. I could go on and on about all the reasons I choose to support local businesses, but nothing sums it up quite as well as what I was once told by a customer at my 'day job'.

This particular customer is a salesman at a local car dealership (well the next town over, our town is too small to have a car dealership) and over the years we have purchased a few of our business vehicles from him.He came into the office looking for an item after I told him the price, he told me:

"I saw it for a little cheaper online, but they aren't going to buy a car from me."

 There isn't much of a better reason than that, keeping money in your local economy helps everyone.So on that note, I am going to try to reserve Mondays for posting about local businesses that I support (and I'm going to try my hardest to post something every Monday, that's why I picked Monday, it's payday and my day off).

It seems like every other day (if not every day) I find another reason to believe that it is important to know where your food comes from, whether it is GMOs or meat having e-coli or pink slime (if you don't know what that is you can read about it here). And so for that reason I have (for the most part) stopped buying meat products from the grocery store (and if I must it comes from my local natural/organic grocer). But, hey, I like meat and don't plan on becoming a vegetarian any time soon (although I was a vegetarian for a few years). I have, however chosen to support a local company instead. And maybe most importantly, I like a rare bloody burger, but I have always been terrified to eat meat picked up from the grocery store without making sure it is thoroughly cooked!

Scanga Meat Co. is located twenty-some odd miles away, they process their own meats and it gives me some peace of mind knowing that. They have a little shop at their ranch just outside of Salida, CO where you can pick up their meat products as well as cheeses and a few other natural products (although the other products aren't made there).

Even my brother who isn't really one to take a stand on much of anything, and used to mock me for going to the farmers market and spending a little extra, has recently began to realize that eating foods produced locally is a good idea. I know that local and organic products have a reputation for being a bit more expensive, and hey, I am a girl on a budget, but for me the peace of mind is worth spending a little more.Even though, it is a little more expensive, I still bought quite a bit for fairly inexpensive. I got 2lbs of ground beef, bacon, italian sausage and chicken for under $20 and that is definitely enough to get me by for a few of weeks (meat wise anyway).