I first heard about Live Oak Farms from advertisements in various local magazines or papers. We've been down to the farm a few times. Every time we go, we're looking for one thing: grass fed ground beef. While we always end up getting other things from the farm store (chicken, cheese, snacks, etc) we usually walk out with about 10lbs of ground beef.
Live Oak Farms is about a hour away, but the trip is SO worth it. First of all, we love that we're supporting a local farm and second? It's cheaper! The grass fed ground beef is $4.75/lb as opposed to ~$7/lb at Whole Foods, Publix, etc.
A little math to see if the drive is actually worth it:
It's about a 64 mile round trip and we averaged 25 mpg. At $3.45/gal that means we spent about $8.83 to get there. We saved $22.50 buying beef from the farm as opposed to Publix [($7-$4.75)*10]. And, after all that math, considering only the ground beef and gas, we saved $13.67.
We went to the farm this morning and I brought my camera this time. We've been meaning to highlight local places we love and what's a better time to start than now? So, below are some of the photos I took today.
This friendly fellow always greets us when we visit the Farm Store. My mom has a crush on him.
Beef sticks! Yum! These are kind of like slim jims except without all the chemicals. We always grab one of these and a yummy drink to wash 'em down.
Look at this popcorn! Wait--I haven't written that post about my love of popcorn yet. Well, just so you know, we definitely got some popcorn. The colorful ones, of course!
Mike's the shopper when we visit Live Oak Farms. Do we need this big bag of oatmeal? I think yes. He'll be using it to make some of his yummy granola.
Lots of yummy cheeses from Live Oak Farms and other local places, like Happy Cow Creamery!
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