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Default Grass Fed vs. Grain Fed Beef: The Cook Off


"Alex Rast" > wrote in message
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> at Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:27:14 GMT in <52h922hfjnm5gh4s4k0p9vqqs1nm8d94st@
> 4ax.com>, (Terry Pulliam Burd) wrote :
>
>>After the recent discussion about grass fed beef vs. grain fed beef, I
>>ordered our usual Allen Bros. ribeyes (grain fed)
>>
http://www.allenbrothers.com/ and also ordered our newly-found Neff
>>Family Ranch ribeyes (grass fed) http://www.nfrnaturalbeef.com/

>
> I wonder if that's the deciding factor? I'd hazard a guess that the
> quality
> of grain fed beef and of grass-fed beef ranges from farm to farm. And I
> have a suspicion that quality differences between farms are more
> significant than those between feeding practices. In other words, there
> are
> probably good and bad grass-fed meats, just as there are good and bad
> grain-fed beef. And a good grain-fed vs. a bad grass-fed will win, and
> vice
> versa - so that there's virtually no way to get an "objective" test,
> unless
> you find a farm that does *both* types.
>
>
> --
> Alex Rast


http://www.mercola.com/2005/apr/23/beef.htm
When you think of a cow in its natural environment, doing what it naturally
does, you likely will picture it grazing. Is it grazing on stalks of corn?
Of course not! It's grazing on GRASS.

Grass is a cow's natural food. Corn and other grains are not.

Dee Dee