Cheeseburgers on the Grill

The kids go back to school next week here and are probably back or going back just about everywhere here in the next few weeks.  Here at my house we will be enjoying the last few weeks of summer break by grilling whenever we can.  Most everyone knows how to grill a burger so there isn't really a recipe to post here, but I will give you some advice on buying your ground beef or ground beef patties.  First, and foremost do not buy your meat from the big box store ie. Wal Mart, Meijer, etc.  In my opinion, buying that meat is like eating garbage.  It is NOT worth eating.  All of that meat is usually Cargill, feedlot, junk.  Support your local farmers and your local economy by purchasing beef by the quarter or half from the farmer or at least by meat from the local meat processor.  If you can, try to buy meat that has been pastured or at a minimum grass finished.  It will be healthier for you and have less environmental impact as well as ensures that the cow lived a better life than it would have standing in slop up to its belly in the feedlot out west.  When in doubt it is, in my opinion, ALWAYS better to buy from a farmer in your own or neighboring community that you can build a relationship with.