Here's the Skinny on Natural Beef
- Minimally processed
- Free from artificial ingredients, and
- Free from preservatives
However, beef producers can go above and beyond that - and that's precisely what we've done. In fact, we've made it as close to certified organic as possible - without the price you have to pay for organic beef.
As an aside allow me to say that we believe the price of organic food is justifiably higher than other food, as organic farming is an expensive endeavour. It would be a disservice to organic farmers if the prices did not reflect the additional costs of farming certified organically.
We've chosen to raise Natural Beef because we believe it gets farm fresh beef in your freezer at an affordable price while making sense for our farm setup at this time. Please see the table below for more of the skinny on our natural beef.
Organic
Criteria*
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Translation
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Our
Natural Beef
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Verifiable Production System
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Records
show where a cow was born, when it was born, to whom (farmer/ranch), and any
place to which they’ve relocated. Their breed info and lineage is included in
these records.
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Veterinary
records document any care received over the course of the cow’s life
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Records
show exactly what has been fed to the cow in it’s entire lifetime
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Born and Raised on Certified Organic Pasture
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Organic
farmers face a very large, very specific set of stringent rules, associated
fees, etc. as well as special equipment, and farm set-up in many cases in
order to be legally organic.
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We
don’t participate in the program at this time
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No Antibiotic use for Weight Gain
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No
use of antibiotics for weight gain (Antibiotics often misused in order to
ensure herd health/protection from bacteria so that cows don’t get sick and
therefore gain as much weight as possible).
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No Growth Hormones
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No
use of growth hormones for weight gain.
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Fed Only Certified Organic Grain and Grasses
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Not
only are they fed certified organic products, they are NOT fed any animal
byproducts
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We only feed our cows
grains and grasses as well - but not necessarily certified organic grains and
grasses.
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