Hi Shawn. We are in Catalonia as well, moved here from NY a year or so ago. In NY we could easily find 100% grass-fed and finished meats in the farmer's markets. The best we can find here is the vedella ecologica dels Pirineus. It's year old calf meat that has been grass-and-milk-fed loose in the Pirinees prairies for 7 months. Then it goes through 3 months of free-range fattening. Which means it is fed organic grains but each calf has access to 1.5 hectare of open grass field. Then, for 30 days it is fed only organic grain. In barcelona there are several butcheries that carry this meat. We have frequented the one on El mercat de Santa Catarina on ciutat vella. But we know there are some on the markets of Gracia as well.

I live in the Sierra de Aracena in SW Spain, and many folks hereabouts raise sheep and goats. So it's just a question of buying a lamb or a kid, or having a friend give you one, and you slaughter it. Only sure way I know of getting genuine grass fed animals.

About 20 years ago I learnt to slaughter and butcher animals. Sound awful I suppose, and although I love animals, I do it to eat.

Although I am not into bullfighting and agree with it's ban in Catalonia, living in Murcia, I get good grass fed bull meat and horse meat from the butcher beside the bull ring at a good price.

I live in Seville and buy from grassfed from www.terneralascasas.com in Cádiz.

Hi everyone,

I'm a paleo eater looking for grassfed beef as well. I live in Barcelona. Any updated info?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Hey Francois!

Another paleohacker from Barcelona here!

Online I've found this:

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But you've got to buy veal. I know a butcher in one of the municipal markets who has told me she can get 100% grassfed beef from Galicia, but I haven't had time to speak to her about it yet. Another option is quality argentinian beef from a specialist butcher. So how many paleohackers are we in Barcelona? 3?

Make that 4. I started reading Perfect Health diet in Boston last year before moving here in January. I've been shopping at Mercat de la Barceloneta finding produce equal to La boqueria and without the crowds, but thought that grassfed was a lost cause here. "vedella de pastura" is a welcome addition to my vocabulary!

@Jamie I talked about cooking in butter with a local here and she was horrified :-D

Hello everyone! I'm ecstatic to find other Paleo eaters living in Barcelona! I've been trying to find grass-fed beef here for years and had almost given up. So difficult to get a straight answer from suppliers. People look at me like I'm crazy when I ask around, say in the Boqueria. I'll check out these suppliers you mention here.

Is everyone familiar with Meetup? http://www.meetup.com/ Perhaps we can create a group on there and organize some meetings and events. It would be great to meet other paleo eaters and to be able to share resources and ideas.

Is anyone interested?

Found some real good beef in La Illa in a store called Bovinum. The "chuleton de buy Cebon" apparently was almost 100% grass fed...at least that's what they said. But, it was sort of marbled like a grain fed steak...so, just not sure...

It would be great to meet up and discuss these issues.

The big problem here in Spain is that everyone is convinced that produce is exceptional when in reality it isn't, so I also get weird looks when I ask for the origin of food and if it was grassed or not....In Mercat Fort Pienc they have a quality butcher with beef from Llieda that was real tasty. but, I'm not exactly looking for tasty...I'm looking for grass-fed, which by default is probably tastier..

Hi - I'm new to Paleo and live near Orihuela in Costa Blanca. I find it difficult to get information about the source of any meats and can't find coconut oil at all. I know I can get coconut oil online but does anyone know if there is any chance of being able to order grass fed meat online too?

Hi fellow paleo-eaters! I have been looking for paleo dieters in Barcelona but did not find much. Just to add a bit on paleo here. I order a lot of superfood from the UK as they offer fair prices on shipping and I find that the range of products is much better than what I can find here. It is also very time-consuming to go and check every tiny bio etc. shop in the city if you want something. I have not managed yet to source good meet or easy-to-get bio veg&fruit. Also, do you know anyone where could I buy almond meal or coconut flour?

Most importantly, would you be anyone up for a meeting next week to talk about Paleo&living in Bcn?

Many thanks. Zuz

Hi all,

Aspiring paleo eater here, living in Castelldefels, working in the friendly city. I'd be very interested in a meetup to discuss Paleo shopping solutions in BCN. My focus so far has been removing the big NO-NOs from my diet but next up should be finding clean products for what remains on the plate.

As it is very related to Paleo, are there any CrossFit boxes up in BCN yet? I've only come across the Kettlebells group up in Lesseps.

Cheers!

Tobbi G. tobbi@01.is

Hi there! Here it is one more from Barcelona. Well, I'm a pretty weird situation right now. I've been an ovo-lacto-vegetarian for 5 years for personal believes. It worked more or less well but now, after being aware of the potential problems with grains, legumes and omega 6 I narrowed even more my food choices and in the end decided to gave up on vegetarianism and accept evolution so I'm back eating again some animal meat.

It's not that I like the idea a lot, but if I shall go this route, I want the possible best quality so better be informed and have good sources at least. So...

I've seen here the debate is mostly around beef. Well, I think it would be interesting to list places where we could find other kind of animal products that are fresh and grass-fed (and if possible, economic...)

For example, I've had some troubles with eggs (and that has been my most reliable source of animal protein/fat for some time now). Most places sell 'organic eggs' but is difficult just as @Joan said to know if that means pasture raised or just that they eat organic grains. Right now, when I'm able to, I get to 'Biospace' and buy the Espartizal ones that state that chickens are grown freely and also high in Omega 3 (so that should mean that their food is at least good quality). They even have the numbers of DHA and EPA and a class 0 digit number so it's the best I've found until now.

My other concern is with milk and cheese. Even in organic stores there's no claim that any dairy product comes from grass-fed cows (or goats/sheeps). There's plenty stating organic but again, as some of you noticed, we don't care organic as much as grass-fed... Have you ever find some reliable source of grass-fed dairy? At least, at Carrefour they sell Kerrygold butter which seems to be top quality Irish butter that comes from grass-fed cows. When I'm not cooking with olive oil and do it with butter, I try to let it be this one.

I'd also be interested in pork. Shouldn't there be 'jamón' that is not as expensive and pure race as 'bellota' yet it can pasture? i've found the brand 'Jamón de trévelez' at Mercadona which is 'Jamón Serrano' (not 'Ibérico') but it says that their porks do pasture free, but I've found some evidence on some web sites that this shall be 'recebo' and thus they do not...