Okeechobee Farms' & Whole Life Foods

Okeechobee Farms' Angus Beef Cattle feed on 100% Living Florida Grasses and Legumes-PERIOD. That simple yet fundamental fact makes our Whole Life Foods brand one of very few Authentic 100% Grass-Fed Beef providers. (b) WE USE NO HAY (/b). Virtually EVERY OTHER GRASS FED BEEF PRODUCER IN THE USA USES HAY AND SILAGE. All of their labels state: "Grass Fed Beef" despite the fact that there is no grass where they are located for 3-6 a year months because of winter. Our label states: "100% Grass Fed Beef", approved as such by FSIS/USDA, in part because we never use hay, we manage closed herds and have no winter. We always have living grass-year round so it would be absurd for us to buy or make hay. Pretty hard to argue with-right?. There is a picture on the website of a Grass Fed Beef operation in northern Florida with whom we were formerly associated. The picture on their website shows their animals munching away on cheap dry hay- Grass Fed Beef which are fed Hay do NOT make 100% Grass Fed Beef. We do not associate with operators like these, We grow, transport, slaughter, age and package the beef and bring it directly to consumers so one else is involved in processing or distribution. We feel it is NOT OK that the chemical cornucopia used in commercial meat production gets into our kids or ourselves. The animals in our 100% Grass-Fed program are born into a local, private, closed loop and stay in that loop through butchering all the way to your table. Their parents were privately grown on Grass as well. Their meat is protected from soul-free business interests and government. Our precious animals will never be put into that system. America consumes and exports commercial beef which is raised on a GMO Soy and GMO Corn diet replete with growth hormones, steroids and low dose (prophylactic) antibiotics and animal bi-products. The animals are grown like a commodity, slaughtered and processed inhumanly and it's not surprising that Europe and Russia et.al. had banned American beef. In our collective view of Managing Human Health, there are NO SAFE serum levels of growth hormones, anabolic steroids, herbicides, antibiotic residues, glyphosate or pink slime found in all commercial ground beef. We use NO fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides on our "Organic Practices" managed pastures. We employ sustainable farming methods like sensible pasture rotation, pure rain water and diluted seawater for minerals. Healthier, free roaming beef stock and sensible pasture management equals a healthier environment, healthier Beef stock and the very best meat. This is how we do Whole Life Pasturing of our USDA Inspected 100% Grass Fed Beef.