Grass-Fed Beef Summer Field Day: From Hoof to Hook
1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., August 9, 2008
Leona Meat Plant, Troy, PA Map & Directions
The Bakewell Reproductive Center is hosting an intensive meat-packing tour with presentations on cattle appraisal, pasture management and soil fertility from experts in their respective fields. To learn how to produce quality grass-finished beef that will keep your customers coming back for more, you won't want to miss "From Hoof to Hook."
We will tour the Leona Meat plant where owner Mike Debach will give an in-depth talk about how a carcass is broken down into primals and then retail cuts. You will see beef at various levels of finishing and learn how quality dictates final market. Leona Meat Plant is our processor for Hardwick Beef's 100% grass-finished beef.
In addition, Gearld Fry, founder with Ridge Shinn of the Bakewell Reproductive Center, will teach participants how to visually appraise cattle for carcass quality and level of finish.
Aaron Miller from Miller's Livestock (Kinsman, Ohio) will discuss his pasture management program and how beef quality is influenced by soil fertility and forage quality. Aaron has been working with Jeff Mattocks of Fertrell® and together they have made some interesting things happen. Jeff will be on hand to answer questions and add his expertise to the group discussions.
The finale will be a meal featuring a grass-fed beef entrée prepared by Chefs Andrew Tarlow and Mark Firth of Marlow & Sons of Brooklyn, New York.
Registration
Pre-registration is required. Cost is $65 per person and the class is limited to 50 participants. For a brochure that includes the registration form and directions, contact Laurel Hoffman at 814-256-3707 or by email at theanimalkeeper@yahoo.com.
The Field Days series is part of an on-going effort of the Bakewell Center to revive livestock farming in this country by promoting grass-finishing -- a system of raising cattle and sheep entirely on grass, without the addition of grain.
Grass-finished beef production is not only good for the farmer, it is also good for the environment, eliminating pollution problems associated with feedlots. And research indicates that eating grass-finished meat conveys significant health benefits for the consumer. Now consumers across the country are demanding it.
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