From this past spring. These green pastures look extra amazing next to the summer pastures right now! Looking forward to rain. Pasture on the left, grazed, pasture on the right, ready for cows!This is what rotational grazing looks like. It controls the cows grazing movement to better maintain and promote grass growth and pasture health.Continue reading “Rotational Grazing”
Tag Archives: pastured beef
High Quality Everything!
In order to produce high quality milk, it takes high quality feed. One of the many things that’s a waste when dairy cows get funneled into the commodity beef market—deemed simply as ground-beef cows and mixed with meat from large-scale conventional dairy farming—is the loss of a product of so many years on top-notch feed.Continue reading “High Quality Everything!”
Meet Lucy and Iza
Meet Lucy Lou and Iza!These girls are Guernsey cows, similar to a Jersey but bigger and have even higher butterfat and high Beta-carotene levels. This translates to rich, buttery beef fat. 🤩 They came from 10 minutes down the road at Abiqua Acres run by @guernseydairymama and her family. They are part of the DarigoldContinue reading “Meet Lucy and Iza”
Big Red
Meet your meat: Big Red. She’s a 6 year old Red Holstein from @risingsundairy in Turner, OR. Their cows are raised with organic practices, aside from administering necessary medicine to injured or sick cows when needed (organic certifications can be a double-edged sword. They can cause tricky restrictions for giving animals the best medical careContinue reading “Big Red”
Mardi and Funny
Meet Mardi and Funny. They are both purebred Jersey cows—known for their distinct, friendly and curious personalities as well as low-impact on the land due to their smaller size. These girls came from an idyllic farm in Monmouth that’s part of @organicvalley co-op. Their farmer, John loves his cows more than you could imagine! IfContinue reading “Mardi and Funny”
Dairy Beef in the News
Highly valued in Europe, especially Spain, the older the better when it comes to turning dairy cows into flavorful beef. These girls we have right now come from farms with high animal welfare standards and organic practices. This high caliber of raising and well-served milking career deserves to be celebrated on the other end—after aContinue reading “Dairy Beef in the News”
Welcome
Welcome to Vorfreude Dairy Beef!Stay tuned for why eating dairy cows is awesome for your palette, the planet and the cows, and how you can get some in your freezer! #dairycows #dairybeef #holstein #grassfed #grassfinished #pastureraised #sustainable #beef #pasturedbeef
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