12/18/2017
DEVON BEEF = Gourmet Beef on Grass Alone
Sales of fresh grass-fed beef soared from $17 million in 2012 to $272 million just four years later, according to Nielsen data published in an April report from Bonterra.
He thinks the expansion of grass-fed production can help to meet global demand while providing environmental benefits. Two-thirds of the world’s agricultural land is marginal, he said, which means the only food production it can support is grazing for cows, sheep and other livestock.
Intensive rotational grazing, like the system championed by the Savory Institute, is the best use of such land.
“When you put livestock on land, you turn dirt into soil,” . “They give life to the land.”ers, an investment consulting firm that specializes in sustainable agriculture.