{"id":292,"date":"2011-04-22T11:46:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T15:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/beef-grass-fed-versus-grain-fed.html"},"modified":"2011-04-22T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T15:46:13","slug":"beef-grass-fed-versus-grain-fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/beef-grass-fed-versus-grain-fed.html","title":{"rendered":"Beef: Grass-fed versus Grain-fed"},"content":{"rendered":"Kim Cross writes in Cooking Light about\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookinglight.com\/cooking-101\/resources\/grass-fed-beef-grain-fed-beef-00412000070712\/\">\nGrass-Fed Beef versus Grain-Fed Beef<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookinglight.com\/cooking-101\/resources\/grass-fed-beef-grain-fed-beef-00412000070712\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\"\nwidth=\"250\"\nheight=\"250\"\nborder=0 src=\"http:\/\/img4.cookinglight.com\/i\/2011\/04\/1104p138-grass-fed-beef-x.jpg?500:500\"><\/a>\nCould a grass-fed cut, with its lower-fat content, rival a grain-fed\ncut? Yes: It was succulent, buttery, and robust, with a perfectly\ncaramelized crust. The juices formed a simple, rich sauce.\n<\/blockquote>\nWell, I guess if you&#8217;re used to the taste of CAFO beef.\nTo me, who was raised on beef from cows in the field,\ngrass-fed beef tastes like beef, and CAFO beef tastes like cardboard.\n<p>\nIs it better for you?\n<blockquote>\nGrass-fed beef is lower in calories, contains more healthy omega-3 fats,\nmore vitamins A and E, higher levels of antioxidants, and up to seven\ntimes the beta-carotene.\n<\/blockquote>\nDoes it cost more?\nYes, but in my experience I don&#8217;t need to eat a lot of it to feel\nfull and get the taste.\nYour experience may vary.\n<p>\nPerhaps the most interesting part is that this article is in a mass-market\nmagazine.\nWhich also gives tips on how to source your own local grass-fed beef.\nAnd has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CookingLight?sk=app_4949752878\">facebook page.<\/a>\n<p>\nOr come to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/may-7-downtown-valdosta-farm-days.html\">\nValdosta Farm Days<\/a>\nand get your local beef there.\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nPS: This post owed to Lindsey.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kim Cross writes in Cooking Light about Grass-Fed Beef versus Grain-Fed Beef: Could a grass-fed cut, with its lower-fat content, rival a grain-fed cut? Yes: It was succulent, buttery, and robust, with a perfectly caramelized crust. The juices formed a simple, rich sauce. Well, I guess if you&#8217;re used to the taste of CAFO beef. [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,42,71],"tags":[897,871,895,896,78,898,899,669],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-food-and-drink","category-mammals","tag-beef","tag-cafo","tag-cooking-light","tag-grain","tag-grass","tag-nutrition","tag-omega-3","tag-taste"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Gj0O-4I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}