Monday, April 16, 2007

Go Grass-Fed

"It's an old story, actually, one about a Texas ranching family that raises cattle on rolling, green hills of native grasses, never uses pesticides, hormones or grain, and sells their meat to people they know on a first-name basis.

Jon and Wendy Taggart tell it best.

"It's not new," Wendy Taggart said. "It's the way ranching was done years ago."

...HEALTH BENEFITS OF PASTURE-RAISED BEEF

Studies have shown a number of health benefits to eating beef from cows that were 100 percent grass-fed.

-Lower in saturated fats

-Slightly higher in omega-3 fatty acids

-Higher in vitamins A and E

-No antibiotics

-Substantially lower chance of E. coli contamination


Read the article.