Our Beef
If there is one thing and only one thing we want you to know about Greensbury Market’s organic beef, we’d say we are…
Passionate About the Taste and Quality of Our Beef
Passionate means taking our 40 combined years of providing beef, chicken and pork to the public and criss-crossing the country to find the best-tasting, healthiest beef available today.
It means spending countless hours talking to hundreds of ranchers… Visiting and meeting the families that run the farms, watching the way they treat their cattle and take care of the land… And developing personal relationships.
Passionate means we’ve done our homework to find the best-tasting, most flavorful beef in the country.
Superior Diet Leads to Extraordinary Taste
Greensbury Market works with farmers that raise their cattle with an emphasis on taste. They do so without growth hormones, antibiotics, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.
These farmers have created innovative and unique diets that consist of a variety of green-growing forage. One of our ranchers admitted he spent more than 15 years fine-tuning the different types of grasses, plants and alfalfas he feeds his cattle to make his meat taste great.
If that sounds like a lot of work - it is.
The cattle graze on different pastures and are fed different types of forage. The rich and nutritious combination of fresh plants stimulates the cattles’ appetite to eat and put on a healthy amount of weight. With more weight, the meat marbles and becomes more flavorful and tasty.
More marbling also means the steaks are more tender, but to assure they are as tender as can be…
Greensbury Market only sells dry-aged organic beef.
Don’t just read about how tasty Greensbury Market beef is, try a Greensbury Grass-Fed Sampler. It includes 2 Filet Mignon, 2 Rib Eye, 2 New York Strip, 2 Skirt, 2 Top Sirloin steaks and 2 1/2 lb burgers.
Dry-Aging for 21 Days Increases Tenderness and Flavor
Dry-aging is close to becoming a lost art. Before meat production became ‘industrialized’ and ‘wet aging’ became the norm, this was the way beef was prepared. Wet aging is more cost-effective and consumers got used to the taste. As a result, most consumers forgot what steak really tastes like.
These days, most beef suppliers can’t be bothered because dry-aging involves considerable manpower and expense.
In organic, grass-fed beef, dry-aging is uncommon.
To dry-age beef, the meat is stored in a controlled refrigerated environment where humidity is kept at 85% and the temperature is between 34° and 36° F. During the dry-aging process water within the meat evaporates, leaving a concentrated rich, natural beef flavor. The meat’s natural enzymes break down tough connective tissue, leading to more tender beef.
Research from major universities indicates dry aging enhances the flavor and tenderness of steak. For this reason, dry-aged steaks are very popular in fine, high-end steakhouses.
Grass-Fed Beef is Among the Healthiest Meats on the Planet
When compared to grain-fed livestock, grass-fed, pasture-raised beef is among the healthiest protein sources on the planet.
Compared with commercial products, Greensbury Market beef offers more “good” (unsaturated) fats and fewer “bad” (saturated) fats.
Grass-fed beef can have up to one third less fat as a similar cut from a grain-fed animal. Because they are lower in fat than grain-fed animals, grass-fed meat is lower in calories.
Steak from a 6-ounce grass-fed steer can have 100 fewer calories than the same steak from a grain-fed steer. Simply by switching to lean grass-fed beef, in one year you could save 17,733 calories and lose 6 pounds without changing anything else in your diet.
Grass-fed beef has two to four times more omega-3s than meat from grain-fed animals.
Omega 3s are heart-friendly, “good” fats that play a vital role in every cell in your body. People with ample amounts of omega-3s in their diets are less likely to have high blood pressure and 50 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack. In addition, omega-3s are essential for proper brain functioning and may reduce the risk of cancer.
Grass-fed beef is one of the richest sources of conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs).
CLAs may be one of our most potent defenses against cancer. A Finnish researcher showed women with the highest level of CLA in their diets had a 60% lower risk of breast cancer than those with lower levels. Compared to grain-fed beef cattle, meat from grass-fed cattle contains three to five times more CLA products.
Want to try the tastiest, healthiest beef in the country? Why not order a Greensbury Sampler today and taste the grass-fed difference.
All Greensbury Farms Are Certified USDA Organic…
All Greensbury Market farms are certified United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic. That means each ranch has been visited by a Government-approved inspector to make sure the cattle are being raised according to all the rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards.
The Greensbury Market farms do not use synthetic growth hormones nor antibiotics, which are commonly used by factory farms. Growth hormones are used to make cattle grow faster, but are thought to have negative health effects and contaminate surface and groundwater. The widespread overuse of antibiotics in farm animals has contributed to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and make it harder to treat human disease.
The USDA organic label means a lot of good things. But Greensbury Market has gone one step further….
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Greensbury Market’s Organic Ranches Are Self-Sustaining
Greensbury’s ranchers not only receive USDA organic certification on their farm, they take organic to a whole new level. Their farms are completely self-sufficient and sustainable.
The cattle are only fed forage from the ranch. Greensbury’s ranchers treat their animals humanely, allowing them to graze freely. They rotate grazing to allow the grass and soil to replenish naturally. These farms are animal welfare approved.
Farms that practice sustainable agriculture are good for the environment. By reducing their use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers and using less fuel (to truck in pesticides, fertilizers and feed), they decrease chemical run-off and the dependence on foreign oil. These farms have a smaller carbon footprint and help replenish and rejuvenate the land for future generations.
Organic to the Greensbury Farmers means much more than just avoiding synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and unnecessary antibiotics and growth hormones. The beef products produced organically on self-sustaining farms have been called “Beyond Organic.”
We didn’t invent the term but we like the way it describes the way our farmers take care of the land, the animals and the beef products we ship to you.
Masterfully Prepared and Packaged for Your Convenience
The butchers who prepare for Greensbury Market know when, where and how to cut the meat. They pay attention to details like whether to cut with or against the grain for optimal steaks and chops. All of our beef is hand-trimmed so they are perfectly portioned and are ready to cook.
All Greensbury beef is flash-frozen at the peak of its flavor, then cry-vac packaged to preserve freshness, flavor, juiciness and natural vitamins and minerals.
Every filet mignon, New York strip, rib-eye, skirt or top sirloin steak is individually sealed so you can stock up and freeze them without having to worry about freezer burn and spoilage.
In fact, Greensbury meats are guaranteed to maintain for up to 6 months in your freezer.
Greensbury Market ships your beef order to your front door via UPS. It will arrive in a recyclable Expanded Polystyrene foam container with dry ice. Inside, you’ll find your beef packaged in boxes that are suitable for gifting.
When you finally cook your Greensbury Market beef, the taste will match - or beat - any steak you’ve ever ordered in a high-end steak house. We guarantee it.
Organic Gifts They Won’t Soon Forget
Greensbury Market ships your order in a recyclable Expanded Polystyrene foam container that contains your beef, chicken or pork packaged in our custom designed recyclable cardboard boxes.
The boxes are works of art that you might have a hard time recycling -- but when you open them and see the beef within, you’ll want to thaw some overnight, cook and taste it for yourself.
Or, you might want to send some as a gift… Filet mignon for the holidays… A Skirt Steak for a Fajita party… The perfect “green” gift for a ‘Foodie’… Or to make any special occasion memorable.
Why not send a package of our organic beef to a friend? Our 100% grass-fed beef is delicious and nutritious. It’s the kind of gift a family member or environmentally-conscious friend won’t forget any time soon.
