Meadow Mist Beef

How do we raise our cattle?

Our cattle are exclusively grass-fed. We feed them only high-quality pasture eight months of the year and high-quality hay from our farm during the winter. We never feed them grain or silage. Our animals are always allowed free range on pasture and have access to a barn for shelter in bad weather.We treat our animals humanely.

What is different about grass-fed beef?

Most of us grew up eating beef from animals that were finished on grain in a feedlot. Grass-fed beef is different; it's a premium product, and it's more flavorful than grain-fed beef. Our cattle eat high quality feed of the type that the animals are built to eat – grass and clover pasture and hay. They also get a lot more exercise than feed-lot animals.

How is our beef butchered, cut, and delivered?

Minimal handling and transportation improve the quality of the beef, so we use a local butcher.

Fresh or frozen?

We can deliver beef without freezing by special order, but most of our beef is vacuum-packed and frozen following dry-aging. Freezing halts the natural deterioration of cut beef, and vacuum packing prevents freezer burn during storage.