100% Grass-Fed Organic Half Beef

An organic, 100% grass-fed half beef, cut and wrapped for your freezer. Roughly 90 kg of meat at $50.95/kg. It is the most complete bulk format we sell, and the only one where the animal ate nothing but organic grass and hay from birth to finish.

What 100% grass-fed actually means here

Most beef sold as grass-fed is finished on grain, to put weight on quickly. Ours is not: organic pasture in summer, organic hay our own farmers grew, in winter, for its whole life. No herbicides or pesticides in the feed, and a beef with a cleaner flavour and yellower fat — that is the grass diet showing, not a fault.

Four bulk formats — which is yours?

• Organic 100% grass-fed half beef — this one. ~90 kg, $50.95/kg. The strictest of the four on feed, and roughly a year of beef for a family of four.
• Organic 100% grass-fed quarter — ~45 kg, $54.25/kg. Same beef, half as much.
• Organic quarter beef — ~45 kg, $39.99/kg. Certified organic and pasture-raised, without the 100% grass guarantee.
• Natural half beef — ~90 kg, $30.49/kg. No hormones or antibiotics, not organic certified. Lowest price per kilo.

Organic certification, beyond the feed

It does not stop at diet. Water, pasture and hay, space and barn hygiene, standard of care, living conditions, transport and slaughter all have to meet the certificate's requirements, and it is audited by a third party. Buying an organic grass-fed half beef buys that whole standard in one go.

What you get in a half beef

A typical side, by number of packages:

• Rib steak or ribeye (1 in) — 12
• T-bone or striploin (1 in) — 12
• Filet mignon (1 in) — 10 to 12
• Tournedos (2 per 220 g pack) — 10 to 14
• French steak — 14
• Boston steak (½ in) — 10 to 12
• Flank steak — 2
• Chinese fondue or sandwich steak — 10 to 12
• Shoulder roast or French roast — 4
• Blade roast — 4
• Shanks (1 in) — 8
• Kebab cubes, 450 g — 12
• Beef cubes, 450 g — 30
• Beef strips, 225 g — 8

Freezer, storage, and cooking grass-fed beef

Ninety kilos needs roughly 5 to 6 cu ft (140 to 170 L) of free freezer. At −18 °C allow 6 to 12 months by cut, ground beef within 4, and always thaw in the fridge. One thing that matters: 100% grass-fed beef is leaner than grain-finished, so it cooks faster. Drop the heat a notch, aim one degree of doneness short of usual, and rest it. Cooked like grain-fed beef it will come out dry — and that is the cooking, not the animal.

Getting the most out of a half beef

Blade and shoulder roasts are winter's braises, shanks and soup bones make a stock you cannot buy, and the ground carries the weeknights. Keep the filet, striploin and ribeye for the pan. A half beef feeds a family of four for roughly a year.

Where to buy an organic grass-fed half beef: price and ordering

• Regular price: $50.95/kg — about $4,586 for a 90 kg side
• Weight: approximately 90 kg of wrapped meat
• Sold by weight: the final price reflects your side's actual weight
• Product number: 9110025
• Sold frozen, cut and wrapped by cut
• Certified organic, 100% grass-fed, in Huntingdon, Québec
• Where to buy: home delivery across Québec and Montréal by refrigerated truck, free delivery from $225. Farm pickup at 62 York Street, Huntingdon. For an order this size, write to us before ordering online. [TO CONFIRM: custom cutting, deposit, lead time.]