My experience has been that almost all RPDers are able to find high quality raw foods in their area. All it takes is a lot of legwork every few months as sources/farms/shops dry up or move elsewhere. For example, when I first started rawpalaeo, I could only find very expensive raw grassfed muscle-meat at 4 pounds sterling a kilo. After checking out the specialised LFM farmers markets in London, I found much cheaper raw grassfed meats and even cheaper raw wild game and cheap raw wildcaught seafood. If one also goes in for intelligent fasting(one does not, after all, need to eat as much raw food as cooked in order to be sustained), then that saves even more money. Going in for foods with much higher nutrients per gram, such as raw, sundried bee-pollen or raw organ-meats also allos one to save money on food. The best course, obviously, is to raise your own food. I have an appartment but am looking into hydroponic farming etc, to see what might work. I also have a garden abroad, where I have just eaten some lovely raw apricots and a multitude of raw tangerines/clementines or whatever they really are called.
Anything is better than cooked, but don`t just stick to grainfed. Most US cattle, I read, are mostly or wholly grainfed the whole time. The point being that cooked food cravings are easier to get rid of, the healthier the meat is.
