Lisa Miles endorsed Angus La Cense back when he was going door-to-door, visiting ranchers and talking to them about the differences in the mental and physical health of cows that are fed grain versus cows that graze natural grasses their entire lives.  In the months following this lobbying campaign, many of the veterinarians in the state saw a significant drop in the number of cows coming to them with stress-induced health problems.

Lisa Miles, a Lewis and Clark County veterinarian was quoted as saying, “Angus La Cense has my whole-hearted support.  I have seen so many happy, healthy cows since Angus La Cense started lobbying with the Grass-fed Party.  I’ve had to start treating people now because there are so few sick cows anymore.”

Grilled Teriyaki Kebabs with Zucchini and Onion

Ingredients:

1 packet of La Cense Grass-fed Beef Kebabs
1 large sweet onion, in quarters
1 zucchini cut into attractive pieces
3 tablespoon soy sauce
3 tablespoon mirin(rice wine) or sherry
1 teaspoon ginger, minced
1 glove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon honey
A dash or two of olive oil(optional)

Preparation: Mix soy sauce, mirin, ginger, garlic, honey and olive oil. Pour over kebabs, let kebabs marinate for at least an hour, the longer the better. Get the grill started! Because grass-fed beef cooks faster and tastes best when it is medium rare, I like to microwave the onions and zucchini for a minute before you assemble the kebabs just to give them a head start. It takes between 5 to 10 minutes to grill the kebabs on a medium heat---a meat thermometer is a great tool if you are learning how to cook grass-fed meat. I recommend cooking these kebabs to a medium rare with an internal temperature of 125, if you like it medium, 130 is ideal!

These kebabs are excellent served over rice. I sometimes drizzle a bit of sesame oil over the rice to add a nutty flavor .

This serves two people. Enjoy!

Grass-fed cows are happier, healthier and do not require hormones or antibiotics to stay healthy.

Yes it is true; a cow that lives on pasture is happier and healthier because a diet of grass works with a cow’s ruminant system not against it. Cattle have been converting grass into food for thousands of years ---- it is what they are meant to do! It was not until after WWII that we started to feed cows corn, grain, and other things (even chicken manure!), and since then cows have had to be treated for illnesses with antibiotics, boosted up with hormones and have suffered from stomach inflammation. Feed lots are now common place, and they are a stressful, crowded, hot and an unnatural place for a cow.

If, when you envision a cow, it is in on pasture where it is free to eat when it wants to eat---you are thinking of a grass-fed cow! One that is happy to roam free and eat what it was intended to eat!