This is proof of work in the original sense. Processing your own meat disconnects you from the industrial supply chain — and that matters more than most people realize.

The average pound of grocery store meat traveled 1,500+ miles, passed through multiple processing facilities, and depended on uninterrupted diesel supply, cold chain logistics, and just-in-time inventory systems. If any link in that chain breaks, the meat does not arrive.

Home processing eliminates all of that fragility. The animal is local. The processing is local. The storage is local. Zero dependency on external supply chains.

The economic argument is just as strong: when you account for the true cost per pound of home-processed meat versus grocery prices (including the hidden costs of antibiotics, hormones, and feedlot operations), local processing is often cheaper AND higher quality.

Resilience and quality in the same package. Keep going.

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