Posts Tagged ‘pasture raised’
Why Grass-fed
The fat from grass-grazed animals, either in the form of milk or meat, is one of the most efficient sources of these good fatty acids. Grass-fed beef is no exception: besides being higher in CLAs, you’ll notice in the color alone the mineralization of the meat, which is the result of a more mature animal…
Read More7 Months to Raise a Hog
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] A good life for a hog is outside. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Our hogs, like the chickens we discussed last week, are raised outside their entire lives. This is called “pasture-raised,” and it…
Read MorePasture Raised vs Free Range
This is a topic I will rant about all summer and continually educate you on. Free range simply means the birds aren’t caged up. To many industrial producers, such as Tyson or Gerber, that means free range within a large chicken barn. So they never see green grass! Pasture raised means that the birds are…
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