PASTURED MEAT
Natural, Farm-fresh LAMB, and BEEF
Sustainably and Humanely Raised Outdoors without Antibiotics and Hormones
What is Rotational Grazing?
In Rotational Grazing, groups of animals are placed on small areas of pasture for a short period of time (commonly 3 days or less), after which they are moved to fresh pasture. This mimics the natural system in which ruminants graze, spreads manure out over a large area rather than concentrating it, and allows the pasture to rest and regrow. In addition, multiple species can graze together (in this case beef, lamb, poultry, and pork), and since each species has different grazing preferences, both pasture utilization and health increase.
When the animals are mature, they are transported in small groups to a local, family-owned and operated USDA inspected abattoir, where they are slaughtered according to the customer's specifications.
Is there really a difference?
Compare for
yourself:
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PASTURE-RAISED, NATURAL MEAT |
CONVENTIONAL "FACTORY MEAT" |
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No antibiotics, medications, or hormones |
Routine antibiotics, medications, and hormones |
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Access to outdoors, exercise, clean air, and sunshine |
Confined in feedlot with contaminated air, no exercise |
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Small herds, low stress |
Huge crowded herds, high stress |
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Fresh pasture regularly |
Little or no green material in diet |
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Pasture (grass and hay) is bulk of diet, utilizing marginal or unproductive land |
Grain is bulk of diet, contributing to environmental problems and world hunger |
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Manure revitalizes pasture, cycling nutrients naturally |
Manure disposed of inappropriately or re-fed to other animals |
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Short transport to processing |
Long transport to processing facility |
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No chlorine or chemical baths, not irradiated |
Multiple chlorine baths, irradiation FDA approved |
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No drug-resistant bacteria |
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria |
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Enviromentally friendly |
Environmentally damaging |
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Rich, delicious taste |
Poor, flat, insipid taste |
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EDIBLE! |
INEDIBLE! |
The sheep's in the meadow . . .
Hanging out up in the barnyard in wintertime
"Sustainable meat tastes the
best."
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