Out of the Brooder and into the Pasture!
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Finishing Beef
Beef finishing – what is it and what does grass finishing do different?
Finishing is the stage an animal goes through prior to market where it gains weight steadily over time to develop interstitial fat. In grass fed/finished animals, this healthy fat is loaded with Omega 3’s, Vitamin E , and Conjugated Lineolic Acids (CLAs) which [...]
Advantages of Grassfed Beef
I’ve attached a few links to articles about the advantages of grassfed beef.
This Steer’s Life by Michael Pollan (New York Times) – PDF
Better Beef by Nancy Smith – PDF
The CLA Advantage by Jo Robinson – PDF
Update on Pastured Chicken and Grassfed and Finished Beef & Lamb
We wanted to let everyone know that we will be out of Pastured Chicken for a few weeks. We are raising another batch right now and we should be back at the Aiken Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings in mid November. We will be offering three, four, five and six pound Cornish Crosses. By mid [...]
Fresh – the Movie Trailer
FRESH Synopsis
FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for [...]
Food Inc. Trailer
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of [...]