Know your beef...
Beef from the grocery store is sometimes cheap, but you get what you pay for - an unnatural grain-based diet, along with antibiotics and less-than humane living conditions and handling. There is a better choice!
Northern Lights Christmas Tree Farm provides the community with USDA certified, locally grown, grass-fed beef. The net result is excellent quality, naturally grown table meat without the use of antibiotics, hormone implants or animal by-products. We only feed our cattle silage, alfalfa, grass hay, and the occasional pumpkin.
Our cattle are processed locally. The beef is aged, then cut and wrapped to your exact specifications. When you pick up your beef it will be wrapped, labeled and frozen for your future enjoyment and healthy eating. Consider splitting the purchase with family or friends.
Northern Lights Christmas Tree Farm provides the community with USDA certified, locally grown, grass-fed beef. The net result is excellent quality, naturally grown table meat without the use of antibiotics, hormone implants or animal by-products. We only feed our cattle silage, alfalfa, grass hay, and the occasional pumpkin.
Our cattle are processed locally. The beef is aged, then cut and wrapped to your exact specifications. When you pick up your beef it will be wrapped, labeled and frozen for your future enjoyment and healthy eating. Consider splitting the purchase with family or friends.
Benefits of grass-fed beef
Grass-fed beef is better for human health than grain-fed beef in ten different ways, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date. The 2009 study was a joint effort between the USDA and researchers at Clemson University in South Carolina. Compared with grain-fed beef, grass-fed beef was:
- Lower in total fat
- Higher in beta-carotene
- Higher in vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
- Higher in the B-vitamins thiamin and riboflavin
- Higher in the minerals calcium, magnesium, and potassium
- Higher in total omega-3s
- A healthier ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids (1.65 vs 4.84)
- Higher in CLA (cis-9 trans-11), a potential cancer fighter
- Higher in vaccenic acid (which can be transformed into CLA)
- Lower in the saturated fats linked with heart disease