Blog posts tagged 'Angus':
Why I no longer pay attention to labels like âorganicâ
February 5th, 2019 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 12,097 times • 3 min read
It may shock some people, but I no longer pay attention to labels on meat products. For years, Iâve traveled the country meeting with chefs and farmers in search of the worldâs best craft meat, and over and over I hear that labels and certifications aren't meaningful or helpful, and can be abused to misrepresent the truth. The âorganicâ label is a good example. Thanks to the rising popularity of âgrass-fed, grass-finishedâ and âorganicâ...
Press Release: Crowd Cow, the Craft Meat Marketplace, Launches âBeef Tasting Flightsâ
May 24th, 2018 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 14,489 times • 2 min read
Crowd Cow, the Craft Meat Marketplace, Launches âBeef Tasting Flightsâ âFlightsâ allow customers to try a collection of delicious, small-batch cuts from multiple farms around the country SEATTLE, WA â May 24, 2018 â Think you know beef? Think again. Crowd Cow, the company transforming the meat industry and delivering small-batch craft meats to your door, today launched âbeef tasting flights.â These âflightsâ allow conscious foodies and...
We're working with a new grass-finished farm in the Western Catskills
November 7th, 2017 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 8,612 times • 1 min read
At Slope Farms in New Yorkâs Western Catskills, Ken and Linda Jaffe are raising 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef on hilly, ridge-top pastures that like much of the land in New England is ideally suited for grazing healthy and happy cattle. Their farm divides the waters flowing into Deleware and Susquehanna Rivers, and grows a mix of lush grasses during the damp summers and cold winters. Ken farms in a way that allows grassland...
Cottonwood Ranch is producing craft beef (with the help of craft beer)
October 3rd, 2017 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 9,601 times • 1 min read
At Port City Brewing Co. in Alexandria, Virginia, huge amounts of barley are turned into delectable, malty brews each week. But did you know that fermenty, delicious beer isn't the only thing you end up with when you produce beer? The other element that gets produced when you make beer is brewer's mash, or what's sometimes in the industry called "spent grain." (Read: Used up. No good. Waste.) But in recent years, craft breweries have...
Farmers "Uncle Bob" & Kate Boyce share their secret recipe for mock tenders
October 3rd, 2017 by Joe Heitzeberg • Read 7,653 times • 1 min read
In Central Pennsylvania near the town of Carlisle, there's a family farm called Lil' Ponderosa where "Uncle Bob" and "Aunt Kate," as they're known to all their friends, raise Black Angus cows on grass pasture (with no chemicals, no pesticides, hormones, or nothin'). Uncle Bob works outside all day, moving his cattle, mending fences, ascertaining the health of the grasses, and generally being an expert at what he does. (He's also been...
Get to Know Dragonfly Farms
June 21st, 2017 by Laura T. • Read 7,499 times • less than one min read
Set your clocks to Monday, June 26 at 8AM EST to reserve your shares from our newest farm: Dragonfly Farms. Owned and operated by Bruce and Katherine Johnson, Dragonfly Farms raises Angus-Belted Galloway cows on a rich diet of native grasses and clovers in the rural pasturelands of Beaverdam, VA. Come tour Dragonfly Farms and take a look at all the hard work the Johnson's put into raising their 100% grass-fed beef.