Issue 40     "What's for Dinner"?

Artist & Inspiration - Chris Wiley

Many years ago steers were four or five years old at slaughter, where as today most steers reach only fourteen to sixteen months of age in order to bulk up a steer to slaughtering size in this amount of time, it takes a large amount of protein supplements, corn, antibiotics, and other drugs, including growth hormones.  Many people prefer the natural progression of things and think grass-fed beef is ecologically and ethically better than livestock that is raised in a feedlot.  However, there are still those that say grain-fed cattle are tastier than grass-fed.  Some just say beef is beef.  Wherever your opinion lies get educated on what you're putting into your body.