Gainesville Cow Pool
Cow Pool Gainesville is an informal cooperative purchasing group dedicated to sourcing local, free-range and grass-fed meat affordable for middle to low-income families.
- “Cow Pooling” is the cooperative purchase of meat animals (including cows, pigs, deer, goats and water buffalo) and butchering services for a group of families committed to opting out of the industrial meat industry.
- “Cow Pooling” supports local farmers, ranchers, and small custom butchers.
- “Cow Pooling” is the most cost-effective way to get free-range, grass-fed, and sometimes organic meat for your family, for usually half what you’ll pay at the grocery store.
Please check out the FAQ for all the details you could possibly want to know. If you want to know more about our farmers and butchers, read through these posts!
If this all seems like something you’re interested in, please join us! Leave a comment with your name and email address and I will send you an invitation to the Cow Pool Gainesville yahoo group, or you can sign up directly here.
June 19, 2013 at 8:46 pm 
Jan 24, 2012 @ 18:28:00
Hi,
I was interested in learning more about the Cow Pool Gainesville.
How does it work? Do you have some typical scenarios for cuts of meat
available and prices?
Thanks!
Jan 25, 2012 @ 04:59:24
Lauren,
Welcome! Check out the Cow Pool FAQ page first, and let me know if you have any other question.
Mar 21, 2012 @ 21:08:08
Hi Andi,
Can you please send me an invite for the Cowpool group when you get a chance? I tried subscribing to the group but it’s been saying “awaiting approval” for about 2 weeks?
Looking forward to some yummy beef, pork, and goat!
Caroline
Mar 21, 2012 @ 23:14:03
Oh yes, definitely! Sorry for the lag.
Sep 21, 2012 @ 20:17:57
Please email me information about this group. Our family loves grass fed meat but we can not afford to buy at the food store.
Sep 22, 2012 @ 11:58:43
All the information about the cow pool is here on this page and the FAQ. If you’re interested, just sign up for the yahoogroup at the link above. Hope to see you there soon!
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Nov 21, 2012 @ 19:49:21
I am interested in participating in the cowpooling for both beef and pork. How often is meat made available?
Nov 26, 2012 @ 11:21:47
Usually 4-6 pools per year including all of the animals. Slaughtering is mostly done in the winter here, so there are very few “pools” in the summer, with a bunch happening in November and December. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Jan 01, 2013 @ 19:06:53
Can you add me to the group, please? New to gainesville and thankful to have found you.
Jan 01, 2013 @ 23:40:16
Welcome Sara! I cannot add you to the group, you have to go to the group page and click “Join this group”, I look forward to seeing you there!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cowpoolgville/
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