In a nutshell, grain-fed animals are just like you, when you eat lots of refined food. The pure whiteness of the fat is due to the lack of nutrients and pure cholesterol in the animal.
Grade A includes lots of white marbling throughout the meat and a nice thick slab of white fat on the outside of various cuts. When you purchase meat from the grocery, the USDA has a grading system for valuing meat. Grain fed meat has more cholesterol, less nutrients, and less Omega-3's in the meat. This is not only sad for the animal, but is also unhealthy for the consumer. In some situations, animals are not only grain-fed, but are "feed lot" cattle- being raised in close quarters without a chance to roam in the manner they were intended to. In our opinion, much of the bad rap that red meat has is due largely to the unhealthy, but common practice of grain feeding animals. When animals are grain-finished or grain-fed, not only do they become more fatty animals, but their blood chemistry changes and their meat becomes less nutritious. Our grass-fed beef is raised on local pastures near Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington. Most cattle in the United States are not grass-fed beef, but are instead confined in a feed lot, and fed grain. This translates into superior beef for you and your family. Cattle that are fed grass, and are pasture raised, lead happier and healthier lives. Grass-fed beef is exactly what nature intended. What is Grass Fed Beef or Pasture Fed Beef?
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