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grassfed

Grass-Fed Beef & Droughts Don’t Mix

November 9, 2008

A lot of people have asked me why grass-fed (what I like to call grass-only) beef is more expensive, given that the ranchers / graziers don’t have to give the cattle growth hormones or preventative antibiotics to improve their, er, ability to get big fast. Well, that’s one of the points, grass-only beef takes longer [...]

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Bad News for Grass Finished Beef?

February 21, 2007

Allan Nation reports in his new blog that Whole Foods, to meet demand for grass-finished beef, is slaughtering cattle that are well short of being ready for market. The short-term result is a poor eating experience for the customer. The long-term result may be that people get turned off of grass-finished beef, thinking it’s not [...]

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