Blog — 100% Grassfed Beef

Why 100% Grassfed Matters If you’ve tried or wanted to try grassfed beef, but don’t understand how it’s better for you, this is the post for you. First, let’s define “grassfed.” Technically, all cattle are fed grass for part of their life. Cattle were designed to eat and digest grass, but many farms use grain feed to help the animals gain weight and get ready for slaughter faster. As cattle expert Temple Grandin put it, “feeding cattle grain is sorta like a diet of cake and cookies.” But a diet of cake and cookies is no better for cattle than...

Tallow is a saturated animal fat you’ll want to keep stocked up in your pantry for its *countless* uses! Our beef suet(fat) is very easy to render into tallow and way cheaper than buying oils like olive, palm, or coconut. Compared to oils which need to be considerably processed (grown in monocultures, harvested, pressed, filtered, bottled, and transported to you from far away places) beef tallow can be produced locally(hello!) and easily processed at home in a slow cooker. It’s natural, unprocessed, and an extremely sustainable ingredient! So, how can I use it? Want the best damn French fries of...

Foxhollow Beef Makes Great Primal Time TV. 4 Things An Animal Must Have (according to butcher Dario Cecchini): A good life - a healthy life with natural feed and ample clean space to move around A good death - no trauma when being transported, which often leads to shock A good butcher -someone who knows how to select the right parts and cut them in a way that brings out the best qualities A good cook - someone who can dignify the animal and all those whose labors led it to this table Foxhollow has been lucky to have some...

I’ve been concerned and disturbed by the buzz around fake meat. Fake meat is not the answer to the environmental and nutritional devastation we are facing. Fake meat is not an alternative that is best for our farmland or you and your loved ones wanting to eat healthy food. We need to eat less meat, eat meat from farmers we know and trust, and eat meat from animals that are working to heal our farmland. Our farmland is too precious and we must treat it with respect by eating food that helps heal the land. If you don’t want to...