About Our Organic Grass-Fed Beef

We raise 100% grass-fed Beef on our Farms from birth to processing. 100% Grass-fed means NO GRAINS are fed, just pasture grasses in the summer and dried grasses (HAY) in the winter.

Cattle Are Herbivores

“herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage, for the main component of its diet.  As a result of their plant diet, herbivorous animals typically have mouthparts adapted to rasping or grinding. A large percentage of herbivores have mutualistic gut flora that help them digest plant matter, which is more difficult to digest than animal prey. This flora is made up of cellulose-digesting protozoans or bacteria.”(Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

We have selected cattle breeds, and growing practices that ensure we raise tender, flavorful and most importantly, healthy beef.

To allow for marbling in the beef to develop naturally, each animal is raised for roughly 24 months before processing. We have selected older breeds of cattle that are best suited to the natural grasslands in our area and are heartier than other breeds and genetically adapted to grow and finish well on grass. Black and Red Angus, and Flechvieh are a few of the breeds we raise.

The health of our animals is our first priority. We have developed a proactive approach to maintaining their health.

Clean housing, fresh air, healthy pastures with a big variety of natural grasses, legumes and a healthy concoction of minerals work together to keep our animals healthy and happy.

How Our Grass-fed Beef is Processed

Our Beef is processed at local abattoirs. We dry age our grass-fed beef at the butcher for 14 days. Aging any longer could reduce the quality of the meat as grass-fed beef is leaner than conventional beef. (Dry aging does 2 things, moisture evaporates improving the beef flavour and an enzyme in the meat begins to act and break-down the connective tissue improving the tenderness of the beef, (this starts around day 7 of the aging process)

Check out Grass-Facts for more info on grass-fed beef and check out www.eatwild.com. They are the leading grass-fed experts on the environmental and health benefits of grass-fed beef.