On the farm

At Laura's Lean Beef, we believe it is best to raise cattle the way nature intended. We raise our cattle without the use of growth hormones or antibiotics, feeding them a diet of natural grains and grasses.

The way we see it, it's not part of nature's plan to give cattle growth-stimulating hormones that artificially speed up weight gain and improve feed efficiency. Neither is the use of antibiotics, when used to speed growth and compensate for the cramped feedlot conditions in which many cattle are raised. These are a less than ideal approach when you're working with nature to produce food for human beings.

And because we believe healthier beef is leaner beef, we raise breeds of cattle such as Limousin and Charolais, that produce beef that's naturally lower in fat than beef from other breeds.

Since the beginning, Laura's Lean Beef has been committed to sustainable agriculture, a practical and philosophical system of farming and ranching which revolves around the responsible stewardship of land and animals. The goals of sustainable farming management practices are to produce food and fiber in a way which is environmentally sound, economically viable, and humane.