BENEFITS OF EATING GRASS-FED MEAT

     Grass-Fed meat is environmentally friendly. It is free of hormones, antibiotics, animal by-products and irradiation and supplemented with minerals, which ensures healthy cattle. Cows, sheep and other grazers have the unique ability to convert grass into high quality protein. They possess a rumen, a 45-gallon fermentation tank in which beef is a bacteria turns grass into organic acids and protein. The shift to a grain diet can so disturb the cow’s digestive process, its rumen, in particular, that can kill the animal if not managed carefully and accompanied by aggressive antibiotics on a regular basis. Calves have no need for regular medications while on grass, but as soon as they’re placed in the back grounding pen, they’re apt to get sick, but the main culprit is the feed.
        Cows raised on grass simply take longer to reach slaughter weight then cows raised on a richer diet, and the modern meat industry has devoted itself to shortening a beef calf’s allotted time.
        What gets beef calf from 80-1,200 pounds in 14 months are enormous quantities of corn, protein supplements and drugs, including growth hormones (synthetic estrogen), which by the way, is banned in the European Union. Sixty plus years ago steers were 4-5 years old at slaughter; twenty plus years ago 2-3 years old, and now steer are slaughtered at 14-16 months old.
         Cows raised on grass contain conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a substance proven by science to have numerous benefits in the human body. Such benefits as:

• Reduces fat in people who are overweight

• Has cancer-fighting properties

• Increases metabolic rate-this would be a positive benefit for thyroid patients 

• Decreases abdominal fat-adrenal imbalances and hormonal shifts are common in thyroid patients, which frequently cause rapid accumulation of abdominal fat

• Enhances muscle growth

• Lowers cholesterol and triglycerides Combats arteriosclerosis 

• Lowers insulin resistance- a risk for some hypothyroid patients and lowering it can also help prevent adult-onset diabetes and make it easier to control weight

• Reduces food-induced allergic reactions

• Enhances immune system

• Full of beta-carotene

• 400% more of vitamin A&E

• Virtually devoid of the risk of mad cow disease

• The human body cannot produce CLA- the most abundant source is through grass-fed beef and lamb.

We have rich & juicy Filets, T-Bones, Ribs, Beef Patties, Ground Beef, Roasts and we also stock Lamb.

Stop in and see us for preparation tips and more information.

  Our wide variety of Free Range  Poultry, and EcoFish are of the highest quality. The EcoFish is lab tested and is free of mercury and PCB’s. Pick up some today and see for yourself what they should taste like!