Grass Fed Beef...

I am thinking Fall really has arrived! The weather has become quite erratic. One day it is gorgeous and bright and fairly warm and then in a split second the temperature will drop and the wind will change and there is definitely a frost on the pumpkin! Some nights I have the windows open and enjoy a mellow cool breeze. Other nights I am running to shut those windows and cranking up the furnace. Today I was lucky enough to ride my bike in sunny 60 degree weather and sit for a brief time in my backyard and watch the chickens rummage for bugs...just before the clouds rolled in and the temp dropped and I had to run for cover! Typical Fall weather in my neck of the woods!
There are other signs as well. Of course the leaves are just starting to change to their vibrant autumn hues. My beloved farm stand is winding down and will only be open for another 2 weeks. It's now filled with winter squashes, crunchy tart apples, potatoes freshly picked and covered in a dirt blanket and fragrant recently dug onions. They've roped off a small area and lined it with pumpkins of every variety, color and shape imaginable. Hubs is working feverishly to get the yard "put away". Sprinklers drained and shut off, final lawn mowings, tilling up the dirt and filling the chicken coop with fresh hay.
There is also a feeling in our household of getting ready for winter and "hunkering" down. ;) Jars in a rainbow of colors proudly line our shelves with recently canned produce for winter consumption. Bale jars are filled with dried cinnamon apples from the neighbors prolific producing apple trees as well as assorted fruit vodkas slowly mellowing and melding for Holiday gift giving.
It is also the time of year for filling our freezer with the most amazing grass fed beef. This is the real deal people! Genuine, local, completely grass fed beef! Just as nature intended. It's time to throw away all the anti-beef warnings and realize those don't apply to grass fed beef. (This isn't your nasty, sickly feed lot beef being fed expired Snicker bars)...This is beef that nurtures and nourishes your body.

http://www.mercola.com/beef/health_benefits.htm

You really need to read all about it if you haven't already. It's a super food and your health and your body will thank you. Oh, and your taste buds will thank you as well! It's freaking unbelievable...
We are so lucky we found our beef supplier and fortunate he isn't too far away. Before we ever signed up for this delectable beef we decided to go check out the whole operation. We wanted to make sure it was the real thing, not grain fed at some point to fatten up the cows. We wanted to make sure the cows really were free range and content and healthy and in a humane environment.
We made the 30 minute drive up the canyon to a small town just this side of heaven. The cows were out grazing in a lush, pristine field at the base of a scenic mountainside. There were only a few. Dark and glossy black they were contentedly munching the vibrant green grass.
The "farmer" was intelligent and sincere and explained the whole operation. We were impressed...
Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Xb4bDLqqI&noredirect=1

So, this week we made the drive and went to pick up our beef and refill our freezers!

Yup, it's stacked in there next to my frozen peach pie filling! We will be able to enjoy this beef and share it with friends and family for the next year. (Give us a days notice and I'm pretty sure Hubs will cook up a nice roast if you want to drop by)!

Um...hoping you read all this! Are you convinced yet??? I mean, if you are going to eat beef, you want to eat something that was happy and healthy, right???