Looking for Locally grown meat

Since the Blog is suppose to be about my families quest for increased sustainability and I have yet to write about that I think I should have at least one post a month about it. We are trying to use less resources and the ones that we do use we want to use more wisely. We are trying to eat a more local diet, to buy things only made in the US or other countries were we have a good reason to believe that the people producing the products were treated fairly (by being fairly treated I mean they are treated how I expect to be treated). We are having difficulty finding locally grown, humanely raised meat. When we belonged to our previous CSA we could get chicken from them but they have closed down their CSA (we have ordered half a hog from them that should be ready sometime in the spring). What I mean by humanely treated is that they are treated with the same amount of respect that any of Gods other creatures deserve. I find it ironic that people get so upset and demand criminal charges be brought against someone kicking a dog but the food animals that they regularly consume are treated much worse. Most animals in CAFO's (Concentrated, Animal, Feeding, Operations) are treated with less respect than the inmates at Auschwitz were.

We get our vevegetables from Grow Alabama which is an organization that buys produce from local small farmers and then sales it to individuals. This enables us to both support Alabama farmers and helps remove us from the cocorporate food chain. If you have noticed I haven't mentioned organic, I do want organic food raised in the traditional methods that my Grand and Great-Grand parents used but this is of less importance to me, than insuring that my money goes to help a real farmer and not into some multinational CEO's bonus check. I believe that Eisenhower's warning of the most dangerous enemy that our country faces is the industrial complex that we created. The recent finical bailouts of large corporate banks and the auto industry ( these were done both under the Bush and Obama administration) while providing little to no relief to the individual citizen is a perfect example of how the money from corporate lobbyist controls both political parties and is threatening to take over both the tea party movement (on the right) and the progressive movement (on the left).

Ok I am getting preachy again and I really was trying not too. Even though we eat meat only once or twice a week and that I have got some chicken and goat in my freezer it will not last to long and I need a local supply. I am really looking for a source for chickens, I will gladly slaughter and clean them myself if some one can provide me with some. I will even pay in advance for them. We do not want any deer meat because Kristina is still venisoned out from last years harvest but turkey would be fine. So any one that is within 100 miles of Tallassee or Decatur give me a shout if you know where I can get some chickens or turkey's.