Post on 14-Dec-2014
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Summerfield Farm—Grass-fed Beef
100% Grass-fed and finished Beef
“Eating is an Agricultural Act”, Wendell Berry
CHOICES
LocalFree rangeOrganicGrass-finishedHeritage breedsHumanely raisedSource verifiedNutrient DenseFair Trade
Herbivores are Ruminants
Bovines are a Mobile Microbial Vat
Herbivores eat grass-even in Winter
Confined Animal Feeding Operations-CAFOs
Corn– Industrial Ag-Some negatives
On land when its wetVast acreage-no
organic matterFossil fuels Synthetic fertilizersPesticidesHerbicides Erosion
CAFO’s Grain makes
ruminants sickAcidosis requires
antibioticsNutrient loadingPollutionDepress CLA &
Omega3
100% grass-fed & finished beef
Clean
Healthy
Save the planet
COMPLETELY GRASS-FED
LIKE PREGNACY-EITHER YOU ARE OR YOU ARE NOT
100% grass-fed & finished
CLEANNo mad-cow
No GMOs
E-Coli
No added hormones
No added antibiotics
NON ALLERGENIC
CONSUMERS DO NOT WANT IT
ZERO EXPOSURE WITH100% GRASS-FED & FINISHED BEEF
NO MAD COW
No GMO’s in grass yet
90% of corn & soy in the US is GMO
Emeritus Professor from Purdue University
Don Huber says:
“He prefers DDT to Glyphosate”
Glyphosate works by starving the minerals in the soil that starve the minerals in the plant that starve the animal that eats the plant that starves the human that eats the beef.
CLEAN
E-ColiAcid resistant E-Coli needs an acid environment to develop
Feeding grain creates acidosis in the Rumen
Baking soda to buffer
Cornell Study: Feeding hay for 10 days before harvest will virtually eliminate Acid resistant E-Coli
Ecoli Hazard
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Sept98/acid.relief.hrs.html
E-Coli
STANDARD PROCEDURE IN CONVENTIONAL BEEF PRODUCTION IS TO IMPLANT WITH HORMONES FOR
FASTER GROWTH
ANTIBIOTICS AND IPHONOPHORES ARE NORMAL COMPONENTS OF RATIONS IN THE FEEDLOT TO
MAINTAIN HEALTH
NO added hormones and antibiotics
HEALTHY
CLEAN
HEALTHYObesity
CLA’s
Good Fat is Good
400% more Vitamin A
300% more Vitamin E
78% more betacarotene
www.eatwild.com
HEALTHY
US’s Greatest
Health Problem:
OBESITY
DIABETES
HYPERTENSION
HEART DISEASE
OBESITYConsumers are worried about itInsurance companies are very
worried
½ Americans overweight-1/4 Obese
Many diets try to address it: Atkins, South Beach, PALEO
HEALTHY
CLA’sConjugated Linoleic Acids
Burn FatCreate lean Muscle
Retard tumors
Created in the Rumen
Of the HERBIVORE
500% MORE THAN FOUND IN GRAIN-FED
Healthy
Good fats are
GOOD FOR YOU
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs)
RATIO of
Omega 6: Omega 3
100% grass-fed and finished beef has a near perfect ratio for human health
Get your EFAs from beef –salmon is good as well but some worry about heavy metals
BEEF FAT EVALUATION 2 6 7 8 9 10 22 429 469 809
Total Fatty Acid, % wet basis 2.415 2.828 2.361 2.002 3.445 3.867 7.847 4.673 3.658 1.743
Total Lipid content, % wet basis 2.637 2.918 2.937 2.615 3.829 4.217 8.593 5.617 4.185 2.478
Fatty acid composition, weight percentage basis
C12:0 Capric 0.09 0.10 0.05 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.09 0.00 0.04 0.00
C14:0 Myrisitic 2.59 2.71 2.73 2.00 2.26 3.00 2.68 2.44 2.49 2.20
C14:1 Myrisitoleic 0.62 0.27 0.51 0.32 0.55 0.49 0.53 0.54 0.64 0.60
C15:0 Pentadecyclic 1.16 0.71 0.65 0.61 0.72 0.60 0.55 0.75 0.88 1.44
C16:0 Palmitic 25.35 25.90 26.06 24.11 23.97 27.42 25.25 25.25 26.30 24.82
C16:1 Palmitoleic 1.50 2.36 3.11 2.63 1.48 2.85 2.91 2.58 2.84 1.38
C17:0 Margaric 0.53 1.50 1.41 1.35 0.45 1.53 1.66 1.46 1.51 0.87
C17:1 0.62 0.69 0.73 0.91 0.62 0.43 0.29 0.25 0.24 0.56
C18:0 Stearic 16.98 19.67 15.62 16.92 19.74 17.17 17.82 18.90 17.36 18.89
C18:1T9 0.46 0.43 0.41 0.20 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.20 0.23 0.00
C18:1T11 Trans-11 vaccenic 2.38 2.74 2.50 2.77 3.02 2.83 2.77 2.45 3.07 2.68
C18:1C9 Oleic 32.57 29.00 31.34 31.76 34.09 32.07 35.19 34.26 32.61 30.48
C18:1C11 1.11 1.03 1.22 1.18 1.05 0.99 1.02 0.98 1.01 1.18
C18:1C12 0.26 0.26 0.28 0.23 0.27 0.21 0.27 0.26 0.16 0.26
C18:2 Linoleic 3.26 3.36 3.53 3.72 2.74 2.55 2.01 2.42 2.67 3.98
C20:0 Arachidic 0.16 0.22 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.17 0.12
c18:3 Linolenic 1.78 2.05 2.05 1.98 1.60 1.53 1.49 1.57 1.59 2.03
CLA c9t11 CLA cis9 trans11 0.40 0.47 0.36 0.41 0.48 0.44 0.50 0.38 0.44 0.30
CLA c11t13 CLA cis11 trans13 0.00 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.00
CLA t10c12 CLA tran10 cis 12 0.06 0.09 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.03 0.05
CLA cc CLA cis, cis 0.04 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.04
CLA tt CLA trans, trans 0.18 0.21 0.23 0.18 0.15 0.12 0.14 0.15 0.21 0.14
CLA tt CLA trans, trans 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.06
c20:4 Arachidonic 0.89 0.85 0.88 1.24 0.64 0.65 0.38 0.61 0.65 1.36
C20:5 EPA, n-3 0.44 0.39 0.42 0.52 0.31 0.26 0.15 0.30 0.27 0.65
C22:5 DHA, n-3 0.76 0.74 0.81 1.10 0.64 0.51 0.40 0.55 0.63 1.14
C22:6 DPA, n-3 0.07 0.10 0.06 0.08 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.08
Sum of identified 94.33 95.99 95.35 94.56 95.18 96.25 96.46 96.63 96.21 95.32
Unidentified 5.67 4.01 4.65 5.44 4.82 3.75 3.54 3.37 3.79 4.68
Saturated 45.18 48.60 44.63 43.21 46.19 47.79 46.00 46.74 46.36 46.03
Odd-chain 1.69 2.21 2.07 1.95 1.17 2.13 2.20 2.21 2.39 2.32
Monounsaturated 34.69 31.64 34.97 34.71 36.12 35.41 38.63 37.37 36.10 32.45
Polyunsaturated, n-6 4.16 4.22 4.41 4.96 3.37 3.20 2.39 3.02 3.32 5.34
Polyunsaturated, n-3 3.05 3.29 3.34 3.69 2.59 2.35 2.07 2.47 2.54 3.90
Total trans 2.84 3.17 2.91 2.97 3.02 3.04 2.77 2.65 3.30 2.68
Total CLA 0.72 0.89 0.80 0.76 0.77 0.71 0.81 0.67 0.80 0.60
Ratio, n-6:n-3 1.36 1.28 1.32 1.35 1.30 1.36 1.15 1.22 1.31 1.37
BRIX
Nutrient Density
Brix measures the concentration of sugars & minerals in the grass
Higher Brix leads to
Faster growth
And rapid fattening
Forage Quality-Nutrient Density
Testing Digestibility of Fiber- carbon
Sugar levels Ca, P, Mg
Brix, refractometer
HEALTHY
Pay for healthy food for your family rather than
health care
Save the planet
Floods
Drought
Weird Weather
Caused in part by burning soil carbon and fossil fuel carbon in our agricultural process
Sequester Carbon
CARBON
Sponge
Dustbowl
CO2Photosynthesis
Hypothetical Grass Plant
MOB GRAZING
Intense Grazing
Like the Buffalo
THEN
REST
PLANNED GRAZING
Farmer as Grazier
Weaves: weather, nutrients, cattle, time into high quality protein
for us
Management of Grass is essential-Nutrients, volume and quality
Snicker barSnicker bar CerealCereal
PRICE
Snicker barSnicker bar CerealCereal
$5.87 for 14 ounces
Therefore it costs $.419 per ounce
Therefore it costs $6.70 per pound
PRICE
$1.29 for a bar that weighs 2.07 ounces
Therefore it costs $.623 per ounce
Therefore it costs $9.97 per pound!!!
SUMMERFIELD FARM
SUMMERFIELD FARM
GROUND BEEF
$6.69
VOTE
WITH YOUR FOOD DOLLARS
“Eating is an Agricultural Act”