- Tallgrass Beef Company
Infobox_Company
company_type =Limited liability company
foundation = 2005
company_name = Tallgrass Beef Company
company_
location =Sedan, Kansas , USA
key_people =Bill Kurtis , Founder; Allen Williams, CEO
industry =Beef
products =Ground Beef ,Steaks ,Sausages ,Hot dogs ,Jerky ,Bones ,Pork ,Pet Food ,Grass-fed beef
homepage = http://www.tallgrassbeef.comTallgrass Beef Company is a
Kansas -basedbeef company that sellsgrass fed and grass finishedbeef . Tallgrass Beef became the firstgrass fed beef producer to sell steaks in Chicago in 2005 whenHarry Caray ’s Restaurant began selling Tallgrass Beef. [citation|title=No bull: Eateries dishing up brand-name beef.|publisher=Chicago Tribune |date= April 27, 2006|url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-145018615.html?refid=gg_x_02] Its beef is sold via restaurants and grocery stores throughout theMidwest , East Coast, andSoutheast , in addition tomail order . [citation|title=Chicago embraces designer beef trend|publisher=International Herald Tribune |date= September 11, 2006|url= http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/11/america/NA_GEN_US_Designer_Beef_Chicago.php] [citation|title=The Grass Is Greener|publisher=New York Sun |date=January 3, 2007|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/45994] Tallgrass Beef Company raises some of its cattle on founderBill Kurtis 'sSedan, Kansas ranch. Tallgrass also has a network of family farmers and ranchers who raise and finish grass fed cattle that fit the standards of the Tallgrass protocols. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/22/dining/22mail.html?ex=1321851600&en=f82158c7326804e0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Holiday Gift Guide: Sparing the Reindeer With Help From a Mouse - New York Times ] ] [ [http://www.chicagolife.net/content/dining/A_Sustainable_Life Chicago Life ] ]Beef production
Tallgrass' production process involves scientists employed by the company searching the
United States for cattle whosegenetics naturally causes theanimal to fatten quickly and tenderly ongrass . [ [http://www.provisioneronline.com/content.php?s=NP/2007/04&p=2 National Provisioner Online ] ]Beef producers have no databank ofDNA with which to compare their findings, and so Tallgrass scientists useultrasound technology to determine the tenderness of its potential herds. [ [http://www.tallgrassbeef.com/why_its_better_credo.php Tallgrass Beef Delicious. Good For You. Grass Fed Beef ] ]The company
philosophy places a greater emphasis on the quality of production than thefeedlot system. Infeedlot cattle operations, cattle are typically subjected to an aggressivegrowth hormones implant strategy in order to induce rapid growth oflean muscle . Cattle infeedlots are fed a formula feed that consists of 70% to 90%grain and are also injected with rounds ofparasite treatments and fed low gradeantibiotics to induce growth and negate diseases that spread infeedlots . Tallgrass’cattle , on the other hand, are allowed to roam in openpastures without the space restrictions that feedlots impose on their cattle. Additionally, they are not implanted with any syntheticgrowth hormones , or fedanimal by-products orantibiotics . [ [http://www.beeffrompasturetoplate.org/stagesinbeefproductionprocess.aspx Beef Production - Stages in Beef Production Process ] ] Tallgrass has a policy of not usingantibiotics in any of itscattle herds. In2001 , theAmerican Medical Association stated that it opposed the regular use ofantibiotics in all levels of livestock agriculture because of scientifically verified risk assessments. [http://www.keepantibioticsworking.com/new/resources_library.cfm?refID=36325]References
External links
* http://www.tallgrassbeef.com (official website)
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