High Steaks Farming

So we’ve all heard that pasture fed meat is better for us. That compared to grain fed meat it contains less calories, saturated fat and cholesterol and . . . → Read More: How Nutrient Dense Is Your Food?

Cattle finding a tasty treat in the thick scrub.

For the last couple of weeks, the cows have been in . . . → Read More: Bush tucker, bovine style

So which breed of cattle do we want to be eating? There’s a lot of marketing going on from the various breed societies; most notably the Angus association. The . . . → Read More: Which breed of cow should I be eating?

The slow food movement is an international movement, ostensibly a reaction to fast food. It focuses on eating locally and seasonally and taking care over the production, preparation and . . . → Read More: Slow Food

It has always seemed strange to us that organic or grass fed meat is so much more expensive than meat grown in an industrial setting. The input costs are . . . → Read More: The Price of Grass Fed Meat

It’s been hard not to notice the debate about free range eggs which is currently going on. The egg board wants to set the standard for free range eggs . . . → Read More: What does free range mean to you?

So what if we did as the vegetarians suggest and removed the animals and converted our farm to growing grain? There are a number of reasons this is not . . . → Read More: So you’re an environmentalist? Why are you still eating meat? Pt 2

“So you’re an environmentalist? Why are you still eating meat?” trumpeted Jim Motavalli of E Magazine in an article that got posted on just about every listserv I was . . . → Read More: So you’re an environmentalist? Why are you still eating meat?
  A CO₂ budget for our farm

Like everyone else who saw the ABC’s Four Corners report on the treatment of Australian cattle in Indonesian abattoirs, we were sickened by the systematic brutality we witnessed. This . . . → Read More: Brutality in Indonesian Abattoirs