100% Grass-Fed Organic Quarter Beef

An organic, 100% grass-fed quarter beef, cut and wrapped for your freezer. Roughly 45 kg of meat at $54.25/kg. The same beef as our organic grass-fed half, in a size that fits a freezer drawer rather than a chest.

100% grass-fed — the part others leave out

"Grass-fed" is common; "100% grass-fed" much less so, because most cattle are finished on grain to put weight on quickly. Ours eat organic pasture in summer and organic hay our farmers grew in winter — their whole lives, with no herbicides or pesticides. The flavour is cleaner and the fat yellower: that is the grass showing.

Quarter or half, organic or natural?

• Organic 100% grass-fed quarter — this one. ~45 kg, $54.25/kg. About six months for a family of four.
• Organic 100% grass-fed half — ~90 kg, $50.95/kg. Same beef, twice as much, cheaper per kilo.
• Organic quarter beef — ~45 kg, $39.99/kg. Certified and pasture-raised, without the 100% grass guarantee.
• Natural half beef — ~90 kg, $30.49/kg. No hormones or antibiotics, not certified.

Certification covers the animal, not just the feed

Water, pasture and hay, space and barn hygiene, standard of care, transport and slaughter all meet the certificate's requirements, audited by a third party. You are buying the whole standard, not only a diet.

What you get in a quarter beef

• Rib steak or ribeye (1 in) — 6
• T-bone or striploin (1 in) — 6
• Filet mignon (1 in) — 5 to 6
• Tournedos (2 per 220 g pack) — 5 to 7
• French steak, 220 g — 7
• Boston steak (½ in) — 4 to 6
• Flank steak — 1
• Chinese fondue or sandwich steak — 5 to 6
• Shoulder roast or French roast — 2
• Blade roast — 2
• Shanks (1 in) — 4
• Beef cubes, 450 g — 20
• Beef strips, 450 g — 4
• Ground beef, 350 g — 42
• Soup bones, 800 g pack — 4

Freezer, storage and cooking

Allow about 3 cu ft (85 L) of free freezer — one large drawer emptied. At −18 °C, 6 to 12 months by cut, ground within 4, thawing in the fridge only. Being leaner, 100% grass-fed beef cooks faster: lower the heat, aim a degree of doneness short, and rest it. Cooked like grain-fed beef, it dries out.

What to do with the cuts that are not steak

That is half the value of a quarter. Blade and shoulder roasts braise, shanks and soup bones make winter stock, cubes go to stew, and 42 packs of ground carry the weeknights. The tender cuts — filet, striploin, ribeye — go in the pan, fast and not too far.

Where to buy a grass-fed quarter beef: price and ordering

• Regular price: $54.25/kg — about $2,441 for a 45 kg quarter
• Quarter beef weight: approximately 45 kg of wrapped meat
• Sold by weight: the final price reflects your quarter's actual weight
• Product number: 9114395
• Sold frozen, cut and wrapped by cut
• Certified organic, 100% grass-fed, in Huntingdon, Québec
• Where to buy: delivery across Québec and Montréal by refrigerated truck, free from $225. Farm pickup at 62 York Street, Huntingdon. [TO CONFIRM: custom cutting, deposit, lead time.]