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While producing a product with grasses and forage may take a little longer.

we believe it is worth the wait!

Utilizing a centuries old production method along with some new tools, we are able to improve the soil structure, have 'happy" healthy animals, and leave the environment better than we found it.

How can grazing cattle make the environment better? Cows are 90% inefficient and, deposit 90% of what they consume, within the soil. It just so happens that the conversion that takes place in the rumen makes the nutrients more available in the grass than what was in the soil. Livestock are an essential part of the ecosystem; they just need to be managed in a fashion that enhances the environment.

By utilizing an intensive grazing system, we are able to mimic the predator prey relationship with which the prairies and savannahs evolved under. This high density, short duration grazing system, fosters an environment that encourages diversity. A diverse environment tends to be a healthy environment.

A healthy environment provides for healthy livestock. Healthy livestock that are not dependent upon a daily dose of antibiotics, reducing the growing risk of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria in the environment. This reduced risk/lack of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria is one of the many reasons why grass finished beef leads to a healthier product for you.

As we are what we eat, it stands to reason that our food is what it eats. With a diverse forage chain available to the cattle, they will seek out plants with different nutrients to balance out their nutritional requirements. When our cattle are able to obtain a minerally complete diet, they will retain and pass them on to us.

A minerally complete diet is not the only issue in determining the end nutritional value to us. In a pasture-based system, the primary feed to cattle is a green grass plant. This green grass, is the primary source of Omega-3 fatty acids, where as grains/seeds are typically an Omega-6 fatty acid. Over time our diets have shifted from a balanced state of these essential fatty acids, to one that is predominantly composed of Omega-6 fatty acids.

We are seeking out a way to correct our current health care system, and yet without looking towards returning to a minerally/nutritionally dense food we will only be treating the symptoms of the problem we really have. Studies are currently being conducted, which have initially shown that supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids within our diets can alleviate the problems associated with ADHD and ADD. If we were to focus on having an ample supply of this within our diet to begin with, supplementation would probably not be needed.