For your
Health
Why Grass-fed Beef?

Have you ever tasted real
beef?  Lean, locally grown
grass-fed beef?  Why should
you care?  Most grocery store
beef comes from confinement
operations. Muddy feedlots
where cows are packed
shoulder-to-shoulder.  They
never see grass, and are fed a
grain-protein mix (lots of
corn), that oftentimes contains
such things as chicken poop,
and growth hormones.  YUK!

I attended an open house at
the local mega-dairy in 2009.
The resident vet actually told
us the cows get ground hog
bones and hog blood as part of
their ration. YUK! I can't
imagine that confinement beef
cattle are fed any better.

Cows are ruminants.  They
were created to eat grass,
legumes and weeds, and their
bodies are designed to turn it
into meat.  The vitamins and
nutrients are tops, the flavor is
awesome, and the peace of
mind one gets from knowing
their food isn't a detriment to
their family is a relief.
This is a photo of a typical beef feedlot.  
Shoulder-to-shoulder, manure-covered
ground, dusty conditions, and no obvious
fresh food.  This is unhealthy for the cows,
and unhealthy for the environment.
This is a photo of our spring pastures.  
Lots of room (we rotate daily), lots of
fresh, lush greens to eat, the manure is
spread in single plops: far and wide,
and the air is fresh.  Healthy and
sustainable.
How do you want your
beef?
Look Here
for more information about
confinement raised cattle.
I shouldn't eat grocery
store pork?  Why?

The real deal about pork.  Pigs are
the most antibiotic-fed animal in the
confined livestock industry.  They
are packed tight in cages, in
buildings over slat-floored manure
pits, and the sows birth in boxes
barely big enough for them to lay
down.  This invites parasites and
sickness.  Not to mention the
SMELL!! The pigs need drug- laced
feed just to keep them ‘healthy’
enough to grow to butchering
weight.  And then, blind to the
truth, we stuff ourselves with this
drug-filled meat, all the while
wondering why we don't feel well,
or have all these health problems.  

Here at Dolly-Rock Farm, our pigs
spend as much time outside as is
possible.  Once they are big enough
for the fencing (maybe 50-60
pounds), and the snow melts, they
go on open pasture.  Healthy, happy
pigs spend their days in the dirt.  
They need room to run and fresh air
to develop the lean, tasty muscle for
our hams and bacons.  We process
totally drug, nitrite, and MSG free.
Look Here to learn more
about how commercial pigs
suffer, and how confined
animal feed operations
(CAFO's) affect the
environment.