Dale Lasater recently set up a company to sell organic, free-range,
grass-fed beef. None of the cattle used in Lasater Grasslands Beef
spent any time at a feedlot. The meat is much lower in fat than grainfed
beef, and has a much stronger, more distinctive flavor. Lasater
says that most Americans have forgotten what real beef tastes like.
Argentine beef is considered a gourmet item, served at expensive restaurants,
and almost all of the cattle in Argentina are grass-fed.
Recent
findings that grass-fed cattle may be less likely to spread E. coli
0157:H7 have strengthened Lasater's determination to follow a different
path. Along with a number of other innovative ranchers in Colorado,
he is trying to raise cattle in a way that does not harm consumers
or the land. Hank was a dear friend of his, in many ways a kindred
spirit. Lasater doesn't think that his little company will revolutionize
the American beef industry; but it's a start.
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