What's Happening With Estancia and Grass-Fed Beef
- It would be nice if feedlot operators were more honest and stopped spreading misinformation. True, they are dirty, inhumane, cause Superfund-sized environmental degradation, and are directly responsible for the rise of antibiotic resistant strains of E. coli. But they have also worked a global miracle in producing cheap protein, allowing there to be a steak on just about every family table, even though it's a fatty and quite unhealthy one. Why not focus on the positive--cheap food--rather than...
- Hola and Howdy from the pampas of Uruguay, which have been described as the great and grassy inland sea shared by Uruguay and Argentina. We were watching our happy, healthy, and clean cattle graze and we thought we'd catch you all up on some news. *Did you know that the future of eating is consuming less but healthier meat? (Or else big piles of fried insects) *Grass-fed steaks and burgers are great, but what about grass-fed beef jerky? Estancia doesn't produce such a tasty snack, but we know...
- Good Earth in Fairfax, California has been a pioneer in selling and promoting natural and organic food since 1969 and now they're offering delicious and sustainable Estancia grass-fed, pasture-raised beef in their gorgeous, expanded store. The Good Earth guys and gals know about healthy and tasty food and so its a real honor to be working with them.It sounds hokey or maybe a little naive but the truth is they really care about the quality and integrity of the food they sell. From their site:...
- Our man Mikey P. to the Pollan has a new tome out-- Food Rules: An Eater's Manual--and it looks like a good read with lots of fun illustrations. Sarah Henry did a nice interview with the food guru and sustainable agriculture advocate over at Berkleyside.com. As he's done in the past, Pollan expressed his enthusiasm for grass-fed beef: What gives you hope on the food front? I see movement happening all around the country, like grass-fed beef in supermarkets and young people taking up farming....
- Our friends at Whole Foods have a great section of their site dedicated to grass-fed beef. We especially liked their guide to cooking grass-fed beef: Grass-fed beef is a delicious alternative to grain-fed beef and cooks a little differently. Wow those hungry mouths. Naturally flavorful. Many people prefer the distinct, vibrant flavor that is slightly different than that of grain-finished beef. Doesn't need as much cooking time as grain-finished beef. Grass-fed beef is leaner than grain-...
- This submission for our tell-us-why-you-love grass-fed beef (vs. feedlot beef) comes from Los Angeles, California. Sunny Weiner offers two haikus in honor of a rib-eye she grilled last month and the release of Haruki Marukami's door-stop novel 1Q84: Cud Grass: sun, rain, and soil. That's all. That's terroir. Taste it? The happy cow did. Crud Where am I? It stinks! No grass and too many cows. I miss green pastures. Kompei, Sunny! Profound and poetic and vaguely disturbing all at the same...
- You've seen the video (if not, it's embedded down below), but you should check out all the other stuff that Grace Communications has been up to over the past few years. They've got five other initiatives besides their healthy meat project, including a healthy restaurant guide, a blog on ecological issues, a guide to healthy eating at home, a site dedicated to water conservation, and another dedicated to renewable energy. We dig their mission statement: The development of sustainable,...
- Submissions for the Estancia Food Day contest have been rolling in steadily and we wanted to share some of the better entries with you before announcing our winner. From Petaluma, California, Larry Rivers sends these two limericks that lay out why he prefers grass-fed beef to feed-lot beef: Grass-Fed Heaven There once was a cow raised on pasture Who was convinced of an imminent Rapture The good Lord's coming for me Cause I'm high in Omega-3 And my meat has a heavenly texture! Corn-Fed...
- With sales of grass-fed beef soaring and the good news of healthy beef wafting over the land like aromatic smoke over a barbecue pit, it's only natural there would be a backlash. Maybe you've seen articles that purport to "debunk" the benefits or demystify the "myths" of grass-fed beef. Whether this is propaganda from Big Beef or honest (but wrong-headed) critiques by people who care about food is often difficult to assess. Either way, we thought it would be fun to dissect the backlash point...
- Butcher lovers, you've spoken and we've listened. The second edition of our Butcher Hall of Fame has more real-life meat masters and fewer fictional ones than our maiden voyage. Keep them coming! Stan Lobel He's the eminence gris at one of Manhattan's most venerable butcher shops, Lobels, serving prime cuts to the posh Upper East Side crowd for over fifty years, as well as being a favorite of celebrities like Davide Letterman and Calvin Klein. Lobel is also the co-author of a book that...