DIY pet food goes national

More and more folks are making their own

By Culinate staff

January 31, 2011

For years, one of the most popular posts on Culinate has been Jim Dixon’s how-to on making your own dog food. Just last week, the same topic hit the top of the New York Times’ most-emailed list, with a story that expanded the DIY category to include homemade cat food. As reporter Samantha Storey noted,

It’s hard to justify dumping a can of mystery meat for Bo while the rest of the family is sitting down to grass-fed osso buco with a side of biodynamic polenta. As people eat more sustainable seasonal produce and meat raised and butchered outside the industrial system, so do their pets. And as do-it-yourself hobbies like canning, gardening, and raising backyard chickens have taken off in recent years, grinding 40 pounds of pet food starts to look like another fun weekend project.