Posts tagged ‘Grassfed.’

Join fourth-generation cattleman Will Harris and “Fan Favorite” Chef Kevin Gillespie on Will’s ranch, White Oak Pastures, as they discuss what makes grass-fed beef so unique. Will explains, “White Oak Pastures works in cooperation with nature to produce premium quality beef that is healthy, nutritious, and good to eat. Care is given to ensure that [...]

The Scoop on Grass-fed Beef

Posted August 21st, 2010 by Admin. Comments (2).

In the lead up to Labor Day – the last big grilling event of the summer – our Whole Foods Market meat teams are pulling out all the stops to introduce you to our grass-fed beef rancher partners. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be posting a ton of information out here on our Whole [...]

The Grass-Fed Revolution

Posted July 16th, 2010 by Admin. Comments (2).

From TIME MAGAZINE Until he saw the light, Jon Taggart–6 ft. 5 in., jeans, white cowboy hat, Texas twang–was a rancher like any other in the southern Great Plains. He crowded his cattle onto pasture sprayed with weed killers and fertilizers. When they were half grown, he shipped them in diesel-fueled trucks to huge feedlots. [...]

From ANIMAL WELFARE APPROVED At the recent Council for Agricultural Science and Technology symposium there seemed to be a consensus that folks didn’t trust science. Now, as some of you might know from my previous blogs (see “Beware of Bad Science”), one of my pet peeves is deceit and spin being masqueraded as real science. [...]