What is “beet-fed beef?”

Last month, during a stretch of below-zero nights, some of our root vegetables froze. Our space heater broke, and the temperature in the storage area dropped into the low 20’s. About a dozen sacks of carrots & beets froze solid.

We began feeding the frozen carrots & beets to our cows. They feasted on them. Good quality hay is one thing, but cattle know as well as you and I: there’s nothing like a fresh meal. [Read more…]