grass fed beef

[oana]

I tried this under grass fed dairy products but failed miserably :) I thought I would take a final gasp and try Grass fed beef.
does anyone have a source for grass fed beef or lamb? AKA pastured beef ...
keeping my fingers crossed :)
happy eating, Oana

[carswell]

The local climate makes pasturing hard. Ferme Boréalis pastures in the warm months and feeds with hay in the winter. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/456871#3096599

Supermarché PA used to have organic beef they labelled as grass fed but these days that moniker is gone. Still, you might inquire. Another possible source would be Fermes St-Vincent, the organic butcher at the Atwater and Jean Talon markets, though again you'd want to inquire. www.saint-vincentbio.com

[oana]

I know but if I can have it periodically throughout the year I will take it whenever I can get it :) Thank you so much for these resources carswell. It never hurts to inquire so I will do so.

I am going to place my first beef order with ferme Le Crepuscule next week and I am excited to see what I recieve. I went to visit their (Jean-Pierre and Debbie) farm last weekend and it was incredible. I wish everyone was able to see how hard these people work for the food we take for granted. Perhaps then they would understand the prices ...anyhow that is a different subject :) Thank you again :)

Happy eating, Oana

[The Chemist]

Isn't Alberta beef generally grass fed? If so, maybe looking for Alberta beef would be easier. It certainly tasted grass fed whenever I have had beef in Alberta. Which, for me, is not a good thing... I know it's more 'natural' but I like the flavor of grain fed much better.

[BLM]

You are certainly wrong, that Alberta beef is generally grass fed. It's usually grain-fed.

[oana]

I am not so sure that it is. It is easy to imagine that it is what with all those rolling fields :) but in reality I think it may not be the case.

That is the thing though I do not think that I have ever had grass fed beef here and I would like to be able to make an informed choice. To be able to do this though I have to find it, more importantly taste it :) and then decide which way to go.
I had grass fed meat as a child in Romania off of our farm but frankly do not remember taste and am looking forward to it.
Happy eating, Oana

[CookEatSleep]

Oana,

Any feedback from your order from ferme Le Crepuscule? What did you order? Feedback on taste?

Thanks!

[nextguy]

Morgan Farms used to sell grass fed beef:

http://fermemorgan.com/en/index.html

They are about 45 minutes from Mont St. Sauveur but you could also order by telephone and pickup at their drop off points around the city.

I use the past tense in this post because I actually don't know if they are still selling meat. The website is a bit stale and not too long ago they sent an email advising that they are going through difficulties. I have purchased from them in the past and was able to visit their farm. Their cattle were fed grass and hay and were permitted to roam freely on the hills surrounding the farm. They said though that they do finish the animals on grain though to help the marbling. I have to say that the meat was just ok. It is very lean with very little marbling and the flavour is less intense than I would have expected. Perhaps it is the breed of cattle they raise.

[Whygee]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone had updates on that subject. I'm still trying to find a butcher in Montreal who sells pastured beef. I tried La Maison du Roti but they didn't have it. Maybe one of the butcher at Atwater market?

[ios94]

St Vincent located at both JTM and Atwater. This is what they state about their feed.

"En élevage biologique les ruminants, tel que veau, boeuf et agneau, doivent avoir une proportion de 60% minimum de fourrage, herbe et 40 % céréales.  En production conventionnelle la proportion est presque l'inverse et pour compenser ce débalancement alimentaire les bovins recoivent des antibiotiques, ce qui n'est pas autorisé en production biologique.  Donc sur notre entreprise les bovins recoivent 100% herbes en période estivale et des fourrages en période hivernale."

I find their beef to be far better than any of the conventional beef available but as good as it is it doesn't have that grassy fed taste.

Stairsholme Farm who sets up shop around the city definitely has that grassy taste. Viande et Plus in Hudson also sells good grass fed beef. Both these two raise their own beef.

[rooibus]

Here are some more suggestions of organic livestock. Probably not grass-fed during the winter months.
http://www.runawaycreekfarm.com/
http://www.jadhore.ca/en/viandee.html#produits
http://viandesrheintal.com/en/organic...

In addition, the Metro store on Sherbrooke and Victoria in Westmount has started selling an organic beef (which I think the package says is grass fed).

[maj54us]

At marché Jean-Talon I discovered this butcher called NORDEST.
I talked to a clerck there and she explained to me that their meat is not considered or tagged ORAGANIC but has all the caracteristic of it. The owner doesn't bother with this concept of being TAGGED ORGANIC.

Mont-Laurier 819-623-5474
Marché Jean Talon 514-271-4760
Their animals are wondering in the field, fed with natural grain and eat the grass freely in the Mont-Laurier fields. They give absolutely NO medication and NO growth hormones.

It's a