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Interesting Facts about Grass-fed Beef
A cow’s diet can have a significant effect on the nutrient composition of its beef. Many studies have shown that the nutrients in beef vary depending on cows’ diet.
Most cattle today are fed grains. However, the animals eaten throughout evolution ate grass and roamed freely.
In the United States, where beef is mass-produced, cattle are usually fed grain. However, grass-fed beef is widely available in many other countries, like Australia.
The question is:
Does a cow’s diet affect your health?
This article examines the differences between grain-fed and grass-fed beef.
The difference between grass-fed and grain-fed cattle
Most cows in the United States live parallel lives.
The calves are birthed in the early spring, grow from their mothers’ milk, and are freed to roam and eat grass and other plants in their environment.
This lifestyle continues for at least seven months, after which the cows are moved to feedlots.
Large feedlots are known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). The cows are housed in confined stalls at the CAFOs with minimal space.
