Ben you're like my eastern cousin.LOL! That's exactly where i',m kinda headed with this whole cattle deal.Direct marketing,at farmers markets and such.A friend of mine runs a grassfed operation out here,and they do very well.Wondering if you folks have a USDA slaughtering facility out there?I mean how do you go about legally selling ,without selling the whole animal in shares and having folks pay the cut and wrap,from the local traveling butcher.Access and proximity to a legal USDA facillity is one of the major draw backs to this kind of venture.Thanks.Oh by the way i hear what you're saying about land aquisition,have to lease myself,as you can imagine land prices in California are through the roof.More value in condos.