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Bees & Trees Farm Launches Event Space
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Jeff Gregson, co-owner of Bees & Trees Farm has learned there are steer and then there are steer.
Having raised and commercially sold black Angus steer to the public for nearly seven years, Gregson has learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn't when it comes to selling a healthy and tasty beef product.
It might surprise you to learn, there's more to it then just raising a herd of cows on a grassy field! Turns out it's also very much about genetics!
Don't let anyone tell you different--where a steer comes from--the quality of the stock from which it was bred--is as important to overall taste as how it was raised!
"We know there's a difference--we've tasted the difference--and we want to give our customers the very best black Angus quality we can, by only purchasing calves that have very strong genetics--that is certified black Angus," said Gregson.
The black Angus breed has long been recognized for its high genetic quality. And it is that high quality which has made Angus beef a top seller on the beef shelf in stores everywhere.
Good genetics coupled with being raised in a careful and responsible manner--on grass and finished with grain--will deliver a high quality beef cut with the proper fat content and proper amount of marbling.
"Those qualities give our beef the flavor and tenderness our customers have come to expect," said Gregson. "It's just hard to find that kind of balance in other breeds."
Bees & Trees Farm procures their certified black Angus calves from farms well known in the cattle industry for the quality of their black Angus.
"We buy our Angus from farms that take real pride in raising black Angus cattle that have the highest standards and genetics. These are farms that follow the "slow food” production model.
"We want to make sure that, like Bees & Trees, their cattle roam freely on acres of open pasture, and are never given steroids, growth hormones, antibiotics, or grain from unnatural feed sources," said Gregson.
So before you purchase your beef from just anyone raising cows in a field, be sure to check where that stock came from...you'll taste the difference!
Having raised and commercially sold black Angus steer to the public for nearly seven years, Gregson has learned a thing or two about what works and what doesn't when it comes to selling a healthy and tasty beef product.
It might surprise you to learn, there's more to it then just raising a herd of cows on a grassy field! Turns out it's also very much about genetics!
Don't let anyone tell you different--where a steer comes from--the quality of the stock from which it was bred--is as important to overall taste as how it was raised!
"We know there's a difference--we've tasted the difference--and we want to give our customers the very best black Angus quality we can, by only purchasing calves that have very strong genetics--that is certified black Angus," said Gregson.
The black Angus breed has long been recognized for its high genetic quality. And it is that high quality which has made Angus beef a top seller on the beef shelf in stores everywhere.
Good genetics coupled with being raised in a careful and responsible manner--on grass and finished with grain--will deliver a high quality beef cut with the proper fat content and proper amount of marbling.
"Those qualities give our beef the flavor and tenderness our customers have come to expect," said Gregson. "It's just hard to find that kind of balance in other breeds."
Bees & Trees Farm procures their certified black Angus calves from farms well known in the cattle industry for the quality of their black Angus.
"We buy our Angus from farms that take real pride in raising black Angus cattle that have the highest standards and genetics. These are farms that follow the "slow food” production model.
"We want to make sure that, like Bees & Trees, their cattle roam freely on acres of open pasture, and are never given steroids, growth hormones, antibiotics, or grain from unnatural feed sources," said Gregson.
So before you purchase your beef from just anyone raising cows in a field, be sure to check where that stock came from...you'll taste the difference!
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There's a lot more to raising black Angus cattle than just putting cows out in a field!
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