Better for you. Compared to grain-fed beef, research has found grass-fed beef: ♦ is naturally lean, less than half the total fat ♦ contains up to 6 times higher    percentage of omega-3 fats ♦ has a polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acid    ratio similar to wild game ♦ is 3-5 times higher in conjugated lineolic acid ♦ is 4 times higher in vitamins A and E ♦ carries minimal risk of E.coli contamination We can assure you that our cattle have been given NO: ♦ antibiotics or ionophores ♦ hormone growth implants or feed supplements ♦ pesticides or insecticides ♦ feed additives or animal byproducts, protecting you from BSE    (mad cow disease) and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) Better for the animals. We believe that animals raised for food deserve a comfortable life. Our animals are not confined in a feedlot, but live on native grass pasture with clean-flowing spring and stream water and fresh mountain air, free to eat and rest at will. We care for them quietly and humanely. Better for the environment. In the Wood River Valley we strive to protect the ecological condition of our ranches by careful control of nutrients, fencing stream and wetland areas, and protection of small mammal and bird habitats. We use biological and bovine control of weeds. Water pollution from feedlot-raised beef is a growing concern. In the Wood River Valley, we are careful about keeping the water that flows through our ranches clean. We have fenced cattle away from streams and riparian areas. We do everything we can to keep the valuable nutrients in cattle manure on our pastures rather than allowing it to escape and become water pollutants. According to David Pimentel, a Cornell ecologist who specializes in agriculture and energy, the corn we fed to feedlot cattle requires a surprising amount of fossil fuel energy. Growing the corn used to feed livestock in this country takes vast quantities of chemical fertilizer, which in turn takes vast quantities of oil. Because of this dependence on petroleum, Pimentel says, a typical steer raised on a feedlot will in effect consume 284 gallons of oil in his lifetime.