Small towns don't usually have butchers. walmart and other places destroyed such small businesses all across America years ago so there's no options except chain stores for MANY millions of Americans. Typically butchers at this point are in larger cities and likely as not are ethnic(i.e. non white).
Crazy, I have two butchers close to me. One is Polish the other I don't know, but both very white. Fuck Walmart.
You're a lucky one. At this point the small towns can't usually support much in the way of specialty stores that are pricier than wal-fart so would-be customers are usually faced with a lengthy drive at today's gas prices for such places. Farmer's markets exist which may have some things and there's always your neighbor's farm. Trad butchers used to be multiple per town sea to sea but got HAMMERED a few decades ago and are much more rare now.
You should organize a monthly meat buy. Get a dozen or so meat enthusiasts to buy a live cow or pig and hire someone to cut it up and smoke it.
It would be a great side gig for a local kid, and could potentially lead to a small buisness.
If you have enough people commit to a monthly buy it would be worth it for someone to learn the skills and buy some equipment.
you can still typically find them where people still go out hunting. they make all their money during hunting season then chill during off season. theres a place near me like that and by august he's trying to sell you huge slabs of meat to make ends meet.
Mine is a covid hysteric.
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