It was my great pleasure to participate in the Chefs Collaborative National Summit 2010 held in Boston October 35 I spoke on a panel about rare breeds and pastured animals True to the theme of the event we looked at the past and how before industrialscale factory farming with livestock raised in CAFOs became the norm most of our countrys meat supply came from many breeds of[...]

Food Network chef Marc Bynum joined with Rain Crow Ranch American Grassfed Beef to wow a packed crowd at Taste of St Louis this weekend Chef Marc is thoroughly delightful and entertaining as he cooks Filled with energy as he prepared our bone in rib eye he explained how the food talks to me and I listen In this case listening was watching him prepare a rib eye loin as he frenched the[...]

Ethical Food is at the foundation of grass roots food politics Indeed people have begun to vote for what exists in the world by how they spend their dollar This food movement is not an outcome of policy set by the government or even health and wellness groups rather it is a movement generated from the consumer level The new consumer wants to know where their food comes from and how it[...]

Spring time always brings out the renewal of our outside spirit and with that comes the grillNaturallyour family is beef eaters and that makes for our major protein consumedWe love steaks but there are times that nothing quite satisfies like a good ol American hamburger cooked on the open grill I read a consumer survey recently that said 85 of Americans eat a hamburger at least once a[...]

On Sunday a California meat company issued the largest beef recall in historyThis recall by WestlandHallmark Meat Company in Chino California comes after an undercover video by the Humane Society was distributedThe video shows workers kicking shocking and pushing crippled and sick animals with forkliftsSome animals that were unable to stand even had water sprayed down their nosesYou can[...]