Where do you get your Grass Fed Organic Beef?

[Toma]

Just curious... I bought some excellent rib eye from the Kingsland farmers market, it was $45/kg, but even though organic, and they grow their own feed (grass and grain), they could not guarantee it was grass fed, and I think they said most of it was "grass finished", but grains are used, especially in the winter (but again, they grow it themselves)

I hear TK Farms sells nice organic grass fed product, but they are far away, and Community Foods selles their stuff, but as with anything there, I imagine its EXPENSIVE. Ill check that out.

Then, I found white creek meats, and they advertise Turkey. pork, beef, and even real farm fresh eggs in spring/summer. Their beef is $6 a pound if you buy a quarter animal (roughly $450), and they deliver it portioned with various cuts, ground beef etc frozen and vacuum packed to your door.

Any other good places you've found stuff?

Anyone know how the Huterites do it, and where to find them?

[theken]

Most alberta beef is grass fed toma. I am also curios on the huts though

[dannie]

Blush Lane carries this product:

http://www.sunworksfarm.com/?page_id=7

The meats I have had from them are quite good

[jdmXSI]

Originally posted by dannie
Blush Lane carries this product:

http://www.sunworksfarm.com/?page_id=7

The meats I have had from them are quite good

I cant wait until the new Farmers market opens up for that reason. Every week i buy a few chicken breasts and thier Italian sausage. You can really notice a differnce!

[dannie]

^ Me too. It's much closer to my house Yay!

I noticed on their site that they are supplying meat to a couple other stores in Calgary. So, aside from going ALLL the way to Aspen, there may be one closer to you.

[wintonyk]

IIRC all the beef from Sunterra is grass fed.

[adidas]

The family usually orders some vegetables with some co-workers from huterites, fairly decently priced and taste unlike anything we have ate before.

Recently when i asked them about the chicken, they said a minimum order of 1000 whole chickens.

If anyone finds someone that does smaller orders let me know.

[sputnik]

Beef
http://www.hovenfarms.com/

Chicken
http://www.bowdenfarmfreshchicken.com/

WAY cheaper than Blush Lane.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by theken
Most alberta beef is grass fed toma. I am also curios on the huts though

Hardly.

Most of the cattle is grass fed at the beginning, but the vast majority still spend a considerable amount of time at a feed lot prior to slaughter.

[TYMSMNY]

http://www.hovenfarms.com/

You can buy it at the Currie Barracks Famers Market or the new Kingsland Famers Market.

Excellent whole tenderloins you can buy and chop it up yourself.

[adidas]

Originally posted by sputnik

Chicken
http://www.bowdenfarmfreshchicken.com/

WAY cheaper than Blush Lane.

These guys ever at a market in Calgary? Their site aint up to date.

[Toma]

Originally posted by TYMSMNY
http://www.hovenfarms.com/

You can buy it at the Currie Barracks Famers Market or the new Kingsland Famers Market.

Excellent whole tenderloins you can buy and chop it up yourself.

Yeah, that's the place that I was talking about that I bought the ribeye.

It's unfortunately not all grass fed, some of it is grass finished, not in the winter though.... in the winter you start getting the grain fed stuff, although again, the grain is grown by them.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by adidas


These guys ever at a market in Calgary? Their site aint up to date.

Better. They deliver for free with a minimum order.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Originally posted by Toma

Yeah, that's the place that I was talking about that I bought the ribeye.

It's unfortunately not all grass fed, some of it is grass finished, not in the winter though.... in the winter you start getting the grain fed stuff, although again, the grain is grown by them.

Why do you prefer grass fed beef over grain fed? Just asking out of curiousity....

[Everlast]

Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE


Why do you prefer grass fed beef over grain fed? Just asking out of curiousity....

Better marbling and better omega 3 to omega 6 fat content assume.

[Toma]

Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE


Why do you prefer grass fed beef over grain fed? Just asking out of curiousity....

It's not just grain versus grass, but pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones for weight gain.

These supposedly have high levels of Estrogen's, lower quality fat content, and more inter muscular fat.

Apparently environmental estrogen and estrogen mimicking compounds (xenoestrogens) are what they claim is responsible for early onset puberty in girls.... they estimate that the number of girls in North America that has started puberty by age SEVEN has double since 1997!!

As a strapping young MAN, I don't want to be feminized

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Toma

It's not just grain versus grass, but pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones for weight gain.

These supposedly have high levels of Estrogen's, lower quality fat content, and more inter muscular fat.

Apparently environmental estrogen and estrogen mimicking compounds (xenoestrogens) are what they claim is responsible for early onset puberty in girls.... they estimate that the number of girls in North America that has started puberty by age SEVEN has double since 1997!!

As a strapping young MAN, I don't want to be feminized

[rage2]

corn fed beef FTW.

[Everlast]

Normally I think Toma is crazy too but he's right regarding the link between corn fed beef and xenoestrogens

[theken]

Corn fed meat is fucking gross. I dislike american beef. Cows aren't designed to eat corn