FAIRWAY, Kan. -- While many families are looking to save as much as they can on the household budget, the pressure is rising to give up expensive foods like grass-fed beef or organic produce.

According to a Time magazine story, "Cow-pooling" has become an increasingly popular way to get high-quality meat without paying exorbitant prices.

After processing, high-quality non-factory-farm meet is sold via the Internet at costs of between $3 and $5 a pound, which is cheaper than the price at a local farmer's market. At that price the meet includes ground beef and stew meet as well as tenderloin and filet mignon -- not to mention tongue and heart.

While cow-pooling still represents only a small portion of all beef sales, the market for direct-farm sales appears to be growing, according to LocalHarvest.org, a national directory of local food producers.

For local cow-pooling locations, go to Localharvest.org.

To get more information about cow-pooling, go to Time.com.