Grass Fed Beef is a lean and wholesome dietary staple. It is an important source of protein and essential fatty acids - CLA 18:2, and Omega 3’s; DHA 22:6, DPA 22:5, and EPA 20:5.

Industrial Beef is "fattened" with a minimal production of lean muscle mass.

Studies show critical differences in how lean and fatty beef affect the human body. Lean beef consumption behaves as a protective dietary habit while fatty beef consumption is associated with many significant health risks.

Industrial Beef is raised in something called a feedlot. This is an industrial complex created to "fatten" beef as fast as it can. The cows are fed an unnatural diet based on corn. This isn't the kind of corn you and I pick from the garden for a summer dinner. This is corn that has been modified to produce a high level of starch. Even with it's 4 stomachs the cow can't digest this diet. It makes the cow sick with acidosis. But the objective is to quickly fatten the animal to get it cheaply to market. But what exactly gets to market?

Only time and grass can produce extensive natural muscle development in a cow. Any shortcut is an illusion.

When an animal is “fattened”, minimal lean muscle mass is developed. The industrial model relies on marbling enormous quantities of saturated fat into the animal's muscles to achieve greater size and weight. This is unnatural and toxic to the animal. Antibiotics are required to counteract the resultant dietary acidosis until an animal is slaughtered.

After slaughter the USDA has a list of chemicals that can be used during processing without any labeling requirements. USDA Meat Additives

Everything from anti-microbials to tenderizers to solutions can be pumped into the meat to make it weigh more. You may think you're eating beef but in reality you are eating something else entirely.

Beef you find at the supermarket is industrial. Its weight, volume and price create an illusion of value. Yet its density, nutritional value and flavor are compromised because its minimal lean muscle mass percentages are pumped up with toxic saturated fat throughout plus additives. The evidence is in the excessive shrinkage of the meat and the enormous amounts of grease that results when you cook industrial beef. Luckily, there's something better.

The Solution - Piemontese

The Piemontese is a heritage breed from Italy. Heritage breeds are those animals whose genetic lines have been valued and preserved for generations because of their superior flavor and nutritional value. Heritage breeds are to animals as heirloom seeds are to plants.

As with healthy fruits and vegetables originating from healthy soils the same is true of meat. If you choose to eat meat it is imperative that you know how the animal is fed. What it eats determines what you eat. A rancher of heritage beef is really a grass farmer. As his pasture improves so does the health of his animals and the quality and flavor of the resulting meat.

This breed, Piemontese, is superior in every respect. It's natural genetics creates an animal that is extremely lean yet the meat is very tender and extraordinarily flavorful. It is also high in healthy fats (as long as it is fed grass and not grain) and very lean.

When we eat meat we choose grass fed so we thought we knew what this beef would taste like. We were wrong. It was a completely new experience. It's very flavorful and the best part, for us with small children especially, is that it's very tender and easy to chew. Genetically that's just the way this breed is. For beef this is the best we've found.

Compared to other breeds Piemontese is:

• highest in protein

• lowest in cholesterol

• lowest in calories

• lowest in saturated fat

• highest in vaccenic acid

• highest in vitamin E

• highest in B vitamins

• highest in total Omega-3 fatty acids for optimal brain funcation

• healthiest ratio of omega-3 to omega 6 fatty acids (1.65 vs 4.84)

• highest in CLA, which reduces belly fat and increases lean muscle mass (In the cow and in you!)

You can enjoy eating this beef knowing that there are no hormones, no steroids and no chemicals involved in creating this food. It's not fattened or finished with corn or any other grain that would diminish the value of the food. It's just real beef. That's all.

Piemontese Beef Prices and Options

You can purchase as little as 20 pounds. The package is typically made up of 5-6 pounds of ground beef (over 95% lean) and the rest are steaks and roasts. It takes the rancher a couple of weeks to harvest the beef and get it delivered to you. He only harvests as it's ordered so it's the freshest beef you'll find.

If you don't love this beef we'll buy back any unused and undamaged portions. Guaranteed!

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