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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat - Fran Lebowitz
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Cutting back on beef can lengthen your lifespan, but by how much?
By now you know you’re not supposed to eat loads of red meat. But for plenty of us, it’s hard to look a juicy steak in the eye and say “no.” Change is hard. And how much would it really impact things anyway? Nutritionists asked themselves the same question. So they tested it. And it turns out it does matter, though just a little bit. For every daily serving of red meat that people swapped out for some other, healthier food group, their mortality decreased by 17 percent. Meanwhile, folks who ate just a half serving more of red meat per day increased their mortality by 10 percent.
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Crowd Cow
The very best beef from independent farms. No mystery. Just meat.
Carnivore’s Dilemma
Unhealthy. Nutritious. Cruel. Delicious. Unsustainable. All-American. In the beef debate there are so many sides.
The Real Problem With Beef
An extensive study confirms that red meat might not be that bad for you. But it is bad for the planet, with chicken and pork less harmful than beef.
Want to Reduce World Hunger? Eat Less Meat (Especially Beef)
America is one of the world leaders in per capita meat consumption—which means we’re also one of the most inefficient users of land and other resources when it comes to feeding people.
“Grass-Fed” On The Label: What It Does (And Doesn’t) Tell You
What does the “grass-fed” label really mean? My research into food labeling regulations has opened my eyes, and the more I’ve learned, the more I’ve come to suspect that many (most?) labels are just full of crap (and frankly downright insulting at times). So I mentally added a “Research Grass-Fed Meat Labels” task to my to-do list and did some analysis for all of us.
Buying Your Beef Right on the Farm
Unlike the many cattle operations out West that pack their animals onto small lots and feed them a slurry of grains to fatten them up quickly, Campbell’s allows its Black Angus steers to graze on pastureland for much of the year, taking nearly two years to mature the animals. In winter, their diet is supplemented with corn silage and hay. “We’re raising them the right way, in a healthy environment,” Mr. Campbell said.
Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned
With the U.S.D.A.’s stamp of approval, the company’s processed beef has become a mainstay in America’s hamburgers. McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food giants use it as a component in ground beef, as do grocery chains. The federal school lunch program used an estimated 5.5 million pounds of the processed beef last year alone. But government and industry records obtained by The New York Times show that in testing for the school lunch program, E. coli and salmonella pathogens have been found dozens of times in Beef Products meat,
The American Way of Beef
These days, the thought of ingesting hamburger gives many people pause. Massive beef recalls and books like Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation have impressed upon readers' minds the image of the modern beef cow, packed tightly in an enormous feedlot, standing in a cesspool of its brethren's manure as it gorges itself on an excessively medicated mix of corn and rendered animal protein. Although livestock diseases have devastated farms in Europe, American factory farming has earned an especially bad name for its carelessness and inhumanity.
A carbon-neutral burger? It’s not impossible
By treating cows as part of the grassland ecosystem, some ranchers are already farming sustainable beef.
Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice
The evidence is too weak to justify telling individuals to eat less beef and pork, according to new research. The findings “erode public trust,” critics said.
Grass-Fed Beef Loses Its Luster
It would be bad enough if "grass-fed" really did mean that the cattle ate grass growing in a pasture. But "grass-fed" does not mean "pasture-raised." Pasture is out there. In here, in the barns, they use grass pellets. Pellets that don't have anywhere near the right kind of nutrition.
Is eating beef healthy? The new fight raging in nutrition science, explained.
How researchers came to a controversial conclusion about the health effects of meat.
What’s the beef with red meat?
A recent study suggested that eating red or processed meats won't necessarily harm your health. What is the truth?
Cutting back on beef can lengthen your lifespan, but by how much?
Swapping red meat for pretty much anything else will help your health.
Beef Central
BeefCentral.com is a free online news and market intelligence service dedicated to the Australian beef industry. It is independently owned and produced by two of Australia’s most experienced rural journalists, Jon Condon and James Nason.
Beef Checkoff
The beef checkoff is a producer-funded marketing and research program designed to increase domestic and/or international demand for beef.
Beef It's What For Dinner
Beef is more than what’s for dinner, but dinner will always be more when there’s beef. Funded by Beef Farmers and Ranchers.
Beef.org
The resource for Cattlemen and the beef industry.
BeefTips.com
The Wisconsin Beef Council is a producer-funded, producer-directed organization dedicated to building demand for beef and veal through promotion, consumer education and research.
AngusPride
There's a reason AngusPride® beef simply tastes better than other brands of Angus beef. In fact, there are several. It's all a matter of our superior processes, like naturally aging beef approximately 14 days for exquisite tenderness, carefully hand-trimming and hand-selecting steaks for consistency, and grain-feeding cattle for optimal marbling and flavor.
Belcampo
Belcampo is a lot of things: a farm, a processing plant, a neighborhood butcher shop, a restaurant. What unites everything we do is our singular commitment to provide you with delicious, organic, and humane meat you can feel good about buying and eating.
Country Natural Beef
Country Natural Beef was founded for the purpose of providing customers with a healthy and wholesome product for their families at a price that supports sustainable ranching. Each of the ranching members of Country Natural Beef recognizes that healthy and productive land is also biologically diverse.Country Natural Beef is a unique and true cooperative that links ranchers to ranchers, and ranchers directly to customers. Dakota Beef
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
NCBA works to encourage the humane treatment of farm animals, the wise stewardship of natural resources and the implementation of good husbandry practices.
EatWILD
Eatwild.com provides research-based information about "eating on the wild side." Few of us will go back to foraging in the wild for our food, but we can learn to forage in our supermarkets, farmers markets, and from local farmers to select the most nutritious and delicious foods available. Eatwild has been providing information about the benefits of choosing meat, eggs, and dairy products from pastured animals since 2001.
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