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.
We've recently begun offering humanely raised, grass-fed, milk-fed veal...a must try! Our calves spend their time with mom on pasture, and are never confined. Raising veal is easier on the environment too!
Our cattle are processed by Mohawk Valley Meats in Marcola. They age our beef, then cut and wrap 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.
We've recently begun offering humanely raised, grass-fed, milk-fed veal...a must try! Our calves spend their time with mom on pasture, and are never confined. Raising veal is easier on the environment too!
Our cattle are processed by Mohawk Valley Meats in Marcola. They age our beef, then cut and wrap 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
Purchasing options (click here for price list)
- Whole, half, or quarter beef priced at $3.25/lb hanging weight plus $0.45/lb for cutting wrapping, & freezing.
- Sampler beef boxes consisting of 30 lbs (15 lbs of roasts and steaks and 15 lbs of lean hamburger) wrapped for servings of two are priced at $225/box. Sampler box can also be a mix of beef, pork, chicken, and 1/2 turkey. For the full range of cuts from lean hamburger, roasts, steaks, prime rib, and tenderloin, you can't beat this deal!
- Individual cuts are available at local farmer's markets, or by contacting us.
"We just wanted to give you feedback on the meat box we purchased from you at Sprout! a month or so ago. My husband "the carnivore" has declared that your meats are delicious and we loved the variety. We will definitely be ordering another meat box once we have eaten our current supply of meat. The quality is excellent and we appreciate that it is prepackaged in meal sized portions. Thanks again for the great product, take care." --S.D. |
"We absolutely love the beef we bought from your farm. My family usually does not like to eat beef but I have been doing more cooking with it and they love it. As a result of my increased interest in cooking, I have gone on a diet and lost 60 lbs!" --C.G. "The beef is delicious - I have not eaten much beef in my life but your son Doug has assured me that this was raised with the same love and care that he was, so I approve!" --J.H. |
About our cattle
Herd: Approx. 85 head
Type: Black/Red Angus/Hereford Cross |
