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This beef is naturally nourishing. The marbled and aged steaks are excellent grilled and barbecued. Roasts are tender and very good when cooked slowly in the traditional manner. The ground meat has a fine flavor missing in grain fed beef.

Blue Grass Finished Beef is from cattle grazed on the rich Organic pastures of the Colcord Farm in Bourbon County near Paris, Kentucky. All 250 acres are dedicated to raising Organic grass and clovers and giving 150 steers a chance to live out their lives on the farm (not the feed lot). No pesticides or herbicides are used on the forage. The grass grows naturally without being pumped up with nitrogen fertilizer.

The selected Black Angus calves come to the farm in the fall soon after they are weaned and grow rapidly on the nourishing grasses and clovers. The steers move from field to field every few days. The water flows from the farm springs, wells and ponds with no added chemicals. They seem to enjoy the open air and shade along with the company of other steers. The slow movement across the rich fields means they can be finished as succulent marbled beef about 18 months later without any grain. The fresh grass gives them a healthy balance of fat and lean and a special flavor.

The steers are hand picked and taken early in the morning to be processed humanely. The beef is dry aged for 3 to 4 weeks for flavor and tenderness. The local family owned plant is fully approved by the USDA for supply to restaurants, retail outlets and direct to consumers.

Colcord Farm purchases about 100 young Angus each year. These black-coated English breeds are considered by discerning people to produce the finest quality meat. The steers are short and stocky and reach maturity at 24 to 28 months. A rigorous selection process in June or July of the very best steers ensures that our customers receive superb meat.

The Colcord Farm takes pleasure in finishing cattle on grass according to the Kentucky Blue Grass tradition established in the 19th century. Then grass finished cattle made the Blue Grass famous for high quality beef. It was only after WW II that the USA shifted its meat production to the large Midwest feed lots and added weight cheaply by feeding corn, antibiotics and hormones. We hope our initiative in offering truly grass finished beef will lead to an increased production of Blue Grass finished steers as a natural way of farming.