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I was in the local grocery store (not Walmart) and was surprised to see rabbit meat for sale.
Preppers and Homesteaders lean toward raising rabbits for meat.

Rabbits, Chickens, and small goats are the primary livestock for most.

I touched on this in my article, 5 Best Skill Sites for the Prepper, commenting on the manure being an excellent fertilizer and requiring little attention in rasing them.

Recently the House repealed a law that required red meat labels to identify the origins.This was done in 2015. This means, the store purchased meat is a crap shoot on where it came from. We were already concerned with the GMO’s and use of Antibiotics in livestock rising.

Most buyers expect the meat or other items to be safe for consumption. Few think beyond the grocery aisle where the food comes from, or how it gets there.

FSIS provides a list  of recalls, helping the consumer be informed. Yet how many keep an eye on this, much less know about it?

026-2016 Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods Recalls Ready-To-Eat Turkey, Pork, And Beef Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

The quality of our food intake has already plummeted, with fast food and quick microwave meals. The diligent consumer becomes hampered more with the removal of proper labeling. The fight to label GMO’s continues, and now source labels have been removed. Is it a wonder more and more families are wakign up and converting back to
their grandparents methods of raising their own livestock?

As I was making my way to the item I went in for at the store, the Rabbit meat sign stopped me.

3.99 per pound for Rabbit meat. Quite the delicacy, considering a good steak is the same.

So while many continue to purchase their meats, having no idea where it came from, preppers and homesteaders are eating fine.

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GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) is as controversial as smoking cigarettes. States such as California attempted to require labeling, but was defeated due to heavy money backers from Monsanto, Grocery Manufactures Association, and Dupont. Pitched Battle Against GMO Seeds Recently the battle to label GMO's moved to Washington, and was again defeated. Now the battle has moved to Oregon, as initiative 522. The initiative succeeded in the urban Puget Sound region, but failed in rural counties. The failure was due to the same group, Grocery Manufactures Association, Monsanto and Dupont helping push a $22 million campaign against labeling Read More: