Health Benefits to Grass-Fed Beef

Cows are herbivores and the natural diet for a cow is grass and plants found in meadows, along with leaves from hedgerows and trees.

Most commercially produced cows are fed a grain-based diet, which means the cows fatten quicker and are ready for slaughter sooner.  This is why grain-fed beef is cheaper than grass-fed beef.

However, the nutritional difference of grass-fed beef is significant and is worth paying extra for if you are someone who cares about their health.

Grass-fed beef has between 2 to 6 times more omega-3 fatty acids than grain-fed beef.

In the Western diet, we eat too much omega-6 fatty acid and not enough omega-3 fatty acid.  Omega-3 fatty acids are good for our health and can reduce inflammation in the body.

Beef from cows that have spent most of their life on grass but are then switched to a grain-based diet for the last month of their life, has a nutrient profile more like 100% grain-fed beef than 100% grass-fed beef. Therefore, the only way to know you are getting 100% grass-fed beef is to buy Pasture for Life certified beef.

Pasture for Life certification means the animals have been fed a natural grass-based diet all year round, in the winter they are brought inside and fed hay and silage, the rest of the year they graze in our species-rich meadows. Pasture for Life also guarantees high animal welfare.