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Ideal Bite: Please Don't Walk on the Grass(-Fed)

May 27, 2009

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GRASS-FED MEAT

Please Don't Walk on the Grass(-Fed)

If 10,000 Biters eat a serving of grass-fed beef instead of grain-fed, we'll save enough water to fill more than eight Olympic-size swimming pools.

Seeing signs for "grass-fed" meat at the grocery store? Follow them. As you fire up the grill this National BBQ Month, be sure to choose grass-fed (not grain-fed) for your health, your taste buds, and to tread a little lighter on the planet.

Following a healthy rule. Grass-fed beef, bison, and lamb have less total fat, cholesterol, and calories than grain-fed. And grass-fed is a good source of potentially-cancer-blocking conjugated lineolic acid.

Leaving a smaller water footprint. Grain-fed meat production requires lots of water to produce feed and wash out cow waste at factory farms (with grass-fed, their poop actually fertilizes the pasture).

Not ruining the turf. Most (though not all) grass-fed producers move their herds so that pastures don't get overgrazed (which leads to desertification and erosion).

Taking animal-friendlier steps. Grass-fed animals tend to live more humanely, with access to the outdoors and food they'd naturally eat (rather than heavily processed feed).

The smell of grass-fed bison sausage is so tempting that it has even made vegetarian Jen ask for a bite.

Eatwild - find local farms that grass-feed their animals.

Lava Lake Lamb Sausage - four tasty flavors of organic lamb sausages ($12/4 sausages).

Wild Idea Buffalo Burgers - richer in flavor than beef (but with just 1/4 of the fat); sampler with burger patties, ribeyes, and strip steaks ($9/3 patties; $121/sampler).

La Cense Steakburger Patties - delicious steakburgers ($3/patty); plus franks, kielbasa, and kabob meat.