GreenFed™ is a more technically correct term. In fact, Beyond Organic cattle eat only what comes out of the ground, including grasses, legumes, forbs and herbs, which are known collectively as forage.
Beyond Organic cattle do not eat grains. Additionally, Beyond Organic cattle are fed sustainably, which is good for them, for you and for the environment.
Green fed animals consume their natural diet—the diet they were created for. As compared to grain fed, conventional feedlot beef or conventional dairy, Green fed products have been shown to be higher in beta carotene (Vitamin A) and other antioxidant vitamins, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and omega-3 fatty acids. Green fed products also tend to be lower in fat, cholesterol and calories.
Additionally, you are supporting a way of life for the animals that is more natural and humane, and as we like to say—better for them, better for you, and better for the planet.
Meat from green fed cattle is lower in total fat and can have one third the fat as a similar cut from a grain-fed animal. (Note: Fats from grain-fed animals can also contain the residues of the chemicals they have ingested.) Green fed beef can have the same amount of fat—good, healthy fat—as skinless chicken breast.
One of the most important aspects of our mission at Beyond Organic relates to sustainable agriculture and responsible stewardship of the land and the environment. Modern, commercial agriculture and food production—while very “productive” in some ways—comes at a cost to the environment, and is the epitome of the word “unsustainable.”
Both the Bible and historical wisdom provide guidelines and principles of land management and stewardship—so that we benefit from healthy productivity season after season. Unfortunately, profit and greed have led to shortcuts and overuse of chemical inputs that strip the land and soil of its life-giving fertility.
At Beyond Organic, our goal is to develop a dynamic, holistic, and “natural” agricultural system that is replicable and sustainable—both environmentally and financially. It is our desire that one day, thousands of family farms will embrace the techniques and standards that we seek to re-establish, based on the wisdom and guidance of so many that have come before us.
We operate one of the largest, individually-owned certified organic farming and ranching networks in the United States with nearly 9,000 acres of organic pasture across six different properties situated in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Southern Missouri and the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia.
We understand that a successful ranch is dependent upon the sun, the soil, the pasture, the rain, and effective management of the animals. And if properly cared for, we also realize that a successful farm or ranch does not need to rely upon chemical fertilizers or pesticides, GMOs, grain, antibiotics or hormones for its animals.
At Beyond Organic, we love our land and we love the animals that occupy it. And as we nourish and improve the land, we know that our animals and the foods and beverages they allow us to produce, will benefit from this “old school” commitment to caring for our most important natural resource.
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