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I've been thinking a lot about the meat I eat since taking a bunch of ethics classes last year. I am in no way equipped to become vegetarian - for one thing, I hate most vegetarian food; for another, I live with a lot of people who aren't vegetarian and we cook together. For similar reasons, I can't make sure that my lifestyle is 100% fully sustainable.

BUT, I have been thinking about being more aware about where my meat and vegetables come from. On that note - can anyone suggest how I can investigate where my meat, particularly, is coming from, and the practices the farmers engage in? for example, I know that New Zealand beef is generally grass-fed (good), not corn-fed (bad). But when I say "generally", I don't know if that means everything I buy in the supermarket, or just the pricey stuff, or just the stuff we import to the UK (to whom our green image is apparently very important, because when I googled "meat New Zealand sustainability" all I got was a bunch of advertising.) Can anyone recommend inexpensive places to buy fruit and veges and meat that are known quantities in terms of their origins?

x-posting this to christchurch.