Theola wrote:

There can be more to a grass-fed beef than what you might care to buy.  I
don't wish to raise any alarm here, but you may want to inquire whether your
supplier uses hormone implants to speed growth.  A shorter pasture time to
market weight means $$.  I know of a local person where I live who
advertises his grass-fed beef at the local health food stores (and possibly
regionally since he's also involved in reproductive/AI procedures) who uses
implants.  How do I know this?  My husband is his vet.




Someone said at one point that grass-fed cattle are often fed grains right
before they are killed. If you buy your food at a place like Fresh Fields
rather than directly from a rancher (not too accessible), how can you tell
whether the cattle were completely grass-fed or fed grains before death? And
does the latter pretty much make the cattle just like cattle that were fed
grains the whole time, or not?