WITH STRAWBERRY MINT MARINADE

Eating meat comes with a large amount of responsibility and awareness.  It is so important to understand where your meat is coming from and how it got to your table.  Here are a few things to consider when sourcing out your next dinner.

1. Pasture Raised 

   Animals that are pasture raised spend the majority, if not all of their time outside and not in cages.  These happy animals roam the land eating plants and insects that they naturally digest and improve the fertility of the soil with their manure.  

2. Grass Fed

   Animals that are grass fed are also pasture raised.  They eat what they are intended to and not feed that is indigestible causing digestive problems, bloating, inflammation and pain. The grazed grass animals tend to have leaner meat providing a higher amount of Omega 3 fatty acids and antioxidants. 

3. Growth Hormone and Antibiotics free

   In Canada hormones are only allowed in cattle (beef) only with the exception of dairy cows. Hormones are used to speed up the growth of an animal to sell at a faster rate.  

   Antibiotics are used in raising animals to treatment of sickness caused by bacteria, prevention of disease, and to enhance feed efficiency.  

4. Regenerative Agriculture 

   This new movement in agriculture rehabilitates and enhances the farm's ecosystem focusing  on topsoil regeneration.  These sustainable practices increase soil biodiversity and organic matter, leading to more resilient soils that can better withstand climate change. 
   

5. Reduce Your Consumption

   Not only will eating less meat benefit your health, it will also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change.  Agriculture is one of the largest contributors to emitting greenhouse gases with deforestation to make land and crops for grazing animals, methane is produced by composting manure and cow’s passing gas and nitrous oxide is released when with the use of nitrogen heavy fertilizers.  

Ethically sourced Lamb Farms in Southern Ontario

Whispering Meadows whisperingmeadows.ca

Buschbeck Farms buschbeckfarms.ca

Linc Farms lincfarm.com

Woolley Farms woolleyslamb.ca

Harley Farms harleyfarms.ca

INGREDIENTS

METHOD

Blue Bloody Rare – 125 degrees F (51 degrees C)

Med Rare – 135 degrees F (57 degrees C)

Medium – 145 degrees F (62 degrees C)

Med Well – 155 degrees F (68 degrees C)

Well Done – 165 degrees F (73 degrees C)