Why buy locally-raised grass-fed beef

Cows are by nature designed to eat grass, but industrial feedlots, which supply over 90% of America's supermarkets and fast-food meat, force them to eat grain to fatten and "marble" the meat. As a result, most feedlot cattle are sick and require antibiotics to stay alive. Feedlots cause environmental damage as well.

Grass fed beef has the following advantages over grain-finished beef:

• 10 times higher in beta carotene
• 5 times higer in antioxidantconjugated linoleic acid
• 4-6 times lower in overall fat
• 2-4 times higher in omega-3 fatty acids adn a healthier ratio of omega-3s to omega-6s
• 4 times higher Vitamin E
• Higher in Vitamin C. B vitamins thiamin and riboflaven, calcium, magnesium and potassium
• Virtually no risk of E coli
• No antibiotics, homones or steroids used
• Purchasing local beef supports your farmer neighbors, reconnects consumers with producers and reduces reliance on fossil fuels.