What is Grass Finished Beef?
What is Grass Finished Beef? Grass Finished Means Really, Truly Grass Fed Grass finished beef is beef from cows that have only ever eaten grass. The finishing period of a...
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What is Grass Finished Beef?
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Is Whole Foods Beef Grass Fed?
Is Whole Foods Beef Grass Fed? Look for the Grass Fed Label Whole Foods carefully cultivates an impression that it is a responsible company, with an interest in the environment,...
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What Epicurious Gets Wrong About Beef
Website Epicurious recently announced that it will no longer be publishing recipes featuring beef. The statement itself is so milquetoast that, despite my best efforts, I have not been able...
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How to Cook Grass Fed Steak
The Basics of Grass Fed Steak There’s an idea floating around that grass fed beef is fundamentally different from grain fed. And it’s true that well raised grass-fed beef does...
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The Bernie Madoff of Beef
By Garth Brown An early but strong contender for the craziest ag story of the year comes from Washington state, where Easterday ranch has been accused of inventing 200,000 cows...
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The Quest for Healthy Junk Food
By Garth Brown Over the past couple years the company Beyond Meat, maker of fake burgers and sausage, has managed to attract the sort of breathless, credulous coverage that’s usually...
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Will Roombas Replace Cows?
By Garth Brown As a child I loved looking at pictures of Rube Goldberg machines. In case you’re unfamiliar with the concept, these are fanciful mechanisms that accomplish a simple...
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Don't Put Your Trust in Brands
By Garth Brown Can you guess what Panorama Grass-Fed Meats, Niman Ranch, Coleman Natural, Sonoma Red and now Pasturebird have in common? Given their names it would be natural to...
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Rotational Grazing Hardware
By Edmund Brown Two weeks ago I mentioned rotational grazing. I thought this week perhaps it would be interesting to show all the hardware I use to keep the cows...
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Cows vs. Wildfires
By Garth Brown An excellent article in The Counter examines the conflict over whether grazing cattle could decrease fires on western rangelands. Proponents say cows could help by removing excess...
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Ground vs Whole vs Grass Finished Beef
Ground Beef Basics Ground meat in general and ground beef in particular is a versatile, wonderful food. It works well as the center of a meal in something like hamburgers...
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Cows and Land Use
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nFf0DXd3qw By Garth Brown When thinking about cows and climate it's easy to assume the major factors are methane and the fuel used to grow their feed. But a look...
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How do I Love a Fence?
By Edmund Brown With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning - How Do I Fence Thee? Let Me Count the Ways How to fence a farm? Let me count the ways....
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