I Like My Organic Beef Pink
I don’t eat very much meat. Most of the time, it just doesn’t appeal. But sometimes, I get this huge craving for a slab of beef, medium rare. Then we head off to the steakhouse and chow down. The thing is, though, I really hate how we raise beef in this country. The whole factory farming thing just stinks–literally. The cows are pumped full of hormones so that they will grow faster, and in the case of dairy cows, produce more milk. They are given tons of antibiotics so that the factory farmers can cram too many cows into a small space without them all getting sick. Worse, they give antibiotics to cows that are already sick–and this is the meat we are eating! Perhaps this is why it doesn’t appeal. I know too much about the industry.
Here in the boondocks where I live, ironically, there isn’t much opportunity to get
Natural Beef that is organic and humanely raised. The closest I’ve gotten is begging my friend who shot her steer to sell me a couple of pounds from her freezer. Her kids, having named the steer, aren’t too thrilled with eating him anyway. I see a couple of vegetarians in her future.
I can’t go to stores like Whole Foods or Central Markets, because we don’t have any. And if there was beef at the farmer’s market here, ranchers would be bragging about how many antibiotics they give their cattle.
So, thank goodness for the Internet! You can now find organic beef (as well as pork, chicken and other meats) online at Niman Ranch. Men’s Health magazine called it “the best of the best,” so you know you’re not dealing with a gimmick.
Beef like this really does taste better. I learned that when I lived in the country in Mexico, where all the farmers used natural methods. It wasn’t until I came back to the United States that I realized that the taste of most meat here is a bit “off”.
So now there’s hope for those of us in the boonies who want a juicy steak now and then!
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