Bored with beef? Upgrade your burgers with buffalo! Our lean buffalo patties – or ground buffalo for bespoke burgers – will make your backyard grilling even better. Raised right to taste better, our buffalo meat is simply perfect for burgers. Learn a little bit about buffalo with Ariane in this video, then try our recipes below.
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Ariane Says Keep (Good) Meat on the Plate
These days there are so many buzzwords on packaging, that the average consumer is often confused about how to select the best food for their health and that of the environment. Ariane knows a lot about this subject and sounds off on eating meat, the environmental consequences, industrial farming, the bewildering labels on meat, and a happy solution…
Good News from 2017: There are Fewer Antibiotics in Meat
We like to celebrate the victories – however small – in the food revolution. In early December a report from the Food and Drug Administration announced something unprecedented. For the very first time in its history of tracking antibiotics in animals used for food, fewer drugs were sold. Sales of medically important antibiotics declined by…
Food Tank Talks with Ariane About Green Circle Chicken
Our Green Circle Chicken recently caught the attention of Food Tank, The Think Tank for Food. Their discussion with Ariane explores the Green Circle Chicken program, the farmers who raise them, and the chefs who serve them. Read the interview here. Each week, D’Artagnan’s Green Circle Chickens consume more than three pickup truck loads of…
A Kinder, Gentler Way to Raise Chickens?
The New York Times recently reported that Perdue is making changes in how they raise chickens. They will overhaul animal welfare practices, making their plants more humane to give the birds better lives. It’s good to see one of the largest chicken producers in the nation talking about changes, however small they may be. At D’Artagnan we have…
All About Heritage Breed Pork
Heritage breed hogs are the old-fashioned breeds that were the norm before the industrialization of farming. They were handy animals to have on a diverse farm because they were natural garbage disposals, eating everything from table scraps to whey, the byproduct of cheese production. Just a few pigs can clear and turn a fallow field,…
Introducing a New Pork Chop
There’s a new cut of pork in town. What the New York strip steak is to beef, this chop is to pork. And that’s why we call it a NY strip chop. This uncommon Berkshire pork chop is cut from the short loin and offers all the flavor and texture of heritage pork. In other words,…