Grass-fed Beef: Is it worth the buy?

I have been buying and eating grass-fed beef for some time now. I have a lot to say but since this is a blog... I will only share some of the most important issues that I think must be shared.

I first bought and have been buying my grass-fed beef from a friend of a friend of mine, a longtime cowboy rancher named Dave Reynolds from South Dakota. It was my first time in many years eating 100% natural grass-fed beef with no trace of antibiotics, no additives, no hormones, and from cattle not fed with corn or grain, which probably one of the many things that the beef industry should really stop doing. They are ruminants, for beef's sake!

Dave Reynolds wants nothing from anyone but to share his honest principle in life, and that is, "...food should be as natural as we can possibly make it." That's one important thing I know and will probably believe for the rest of my life.

How about the taste, texture, and over all flavor? I couldn't even begin to describe it. When I opened up the package and looked at the beef, it seemed as if the meat was just cut a minute ago (though it took 4 days to ship, it was sealed air tight that not an air molecule could get in). It was as fresh as if I had just picked it up from the meat processing house. And don't even think about additives or preservatives. Dave does not even know much a about preservative chemicals let alone use it. Therefore, I did feel content and satisfied that I'm not about to be a victim of an e.coli outbreak. And, one less chemical load I'm putting into my system. So, my body should not deteriorate as fast as other beef eaters :)

Price you ask? Well, I paid about $7.40 per pound including the four steaks (by the way, grass-fed beef steaks go as high as $25.00 to $34.00 per pound, just so you know) that came with the package; the price did include shipping. And when I did my research on price comparison, as I already mentioned, the going price for grass-fed beef is $12.00/lb for low end meat cuts and as high as $34.00/lb on the high end (e.g. NY steak, fillet minion, etc.). So, think about it. Just think about this for a moment. I don't get why people have to pay so much for grass-fed beef. I mean, I understand why they are so valuable to our healthy and sustainable lifestyle, but when I inquired about how much do they really cost, based on the rancher's overhead cost to raise them, Dave said it is true that ranchers do spend some of their own money upfront to raise the cattle for a year or two before they are sold. But the real price of the grass-fed beef is not anywhere close to what other online companies are asking for. They really aren't. However, small family owned ranchers do struggle to keep their operation going because of the lack of support and funding from the government.

Anyways, that's it for my comment and hope for you to start supporting our natural ways of producing our food. Let's keep us all healthy.

Here's Dave Reynolds' website: Buy Grass-fed Beef