Grass Fed Movement

What created the grass fed movement of the late 1990s through today? Prior to World War II, all beef and most other meat production methods had grass as part of the animal’s life cycle.  Today’s store purchased meats, only beef, lamb and goat have some…

Healthy Cows Eat Dirt

There is actually a term for eating the earth, geophagia (geo = earth; phagia = eating).  So what are the health benefits? Minerals Clay absorbs toxins This article from Answers covers more topics than geophagia, scroll down to the section “Eating Dirt” for a little further reading….

Pasture Poultry

Prior to our start with cattle, we practiced pasture animal production using poultry.  Specifically chickens known as “broilers”, birds bred and raised for their meat, not eggs.  Pasture poultry production is a fairly easy process.  Day old chicks arrive in the mail.  Their first…

Hitting a Dip

This past week we hit a dip in our efforts to produce grass-fed beef.  We have experienced dips during the past two years but this one was a little more significant.  In a matter of a few days we had an outbreak of pinkeye among the…