Whether your meat has arrived fully frozen--or it has thawed--it is still ABSOLUTELY appropriate to consider freezing as a medium-long term storage option! It is an unfortunate circumstance, that so many people feel as though once meat has thawed it should not be re-frozen, and a good reason that this misinformation is perpetuated, is a lack of sight into the way large-scale food processing and distribution work.In reality, the majority of the meat we purchase in grocery stores, as well as many online grocery services, has seen 4-6 weeks of refrigerated holding and often 1-2 freeze/thaw/refreeze cycles... or more. The vast majority of the meat that we purchase and sell here at Farm2Me is vacuum sealed, which prevents oxidation and water-crystal formation (commonly known as freezer burn.) And while technically freezing and thawing does have an effect on muscle tissue, it is relatively benign at worst, and even offers potential benefit in some instances (as long as it is a vacuum sealed product.)We encourage you to feel comfortable freezing the meat you buy from us, as it has only seen 1 freeze, and it is at the hand of the processor. We maintain a state of freeze until the day it touches your front porch!From here, feel free to thaw your meat and consume it on your own timeline, as you would, honoring the perishability of meat.Also, feel safe knowing that if you freeze the meat you buy from us, it will be a high-quality, viable food for 6 months minimum.