Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:28:02 GMT — Former State Senator Nancy Larraine Hoffmann is one a handful of local farmers raising grass fed cattle in New York State.The cattle on her Fabius farm graze on ...

BOISE -- There could soon be a way to dispose of grass clippings without dumping the unwanted piles in the local landfill. That's because local waste disposal company Republic Services is working on a ...

Grass-fed beef isn’t just about better nutrition or flavor. Labels, farming methods, and price all matter when deciding if it ...

Every Saturday at the Tower Grove Farmers Market in St. Louis, rancher Jeremy Parker brings in hundreds of pounds of beef — flanks, sirloins, briskets, ground — and at the end of the market day, most ...

The meat and dairy industries love to use terms like “farm-raised,” “organic,” and “grass-fed.” Unfortunately, most of these labels can be used to give the illusion of a healthy, ethical product. The ...

WADENA, Minn. — More and more Americans are looking to combat health problems by altering what they put on their plate and Dayle Reinke is no different. After having thyroid issues, Dayle Reinke ...

If you thought “grass-fed beef” meant your steak dinner was frolicking in a meadow before it was prepared, you are in for a shock. Despite what you might think, grass-fed means exactly what it says, ...

Stories about impending environmental apocalypse circulate almost daily, especially in drought-ravaged California. Many of these stories tend to blame agriculture — and specifically, beef — for ...

Until he saw the light, Jon Taggart–6 ft. 5 in., jeans, white cowboy hat, Texas twang–was a rancher like any other in the southern Great Plains. He crowded his cattle onto pasture sprayed with weed ...

Cows, along with sheep, goats, deer, antelope, bison, buffalo, moose, elk, and reindeer, are all ruminants. These are mammals ...