kscowboy":rtuc17qr said:
Sounds like a huge marketing ploy . The American Heart Association has pulled it's endorsement due to the steaks having as much as four times the fat content stated on labeling. If you go to the website they have a producers section and they want Limo's and charolais , heavies. So much of this is pure hooey.
I raise a small quantity , 15-20 head , natural beef and would love to garner the high poundage prices but as a consumer can anyone explain to me why organic/natural deserves such a high price. We've got people around here selling or trying to sell hamburger for six bucks a pound and steaks for 10-12 per pound. I don't know if they are even legal operations but jeez are there that many suckers around ? Gas hit 3.50 here today so maybe six buck hamburger it the right price ! Ha
Oh I think you hit the nail on the head. It is a huge marketing ploy. My cattle are as "organic" as anything else selling in that arena. And I don't feed them animal byproducts and I can't sell them for $5/pound either. So to answer your question yes, there are many suckers out there. Probably the same one's who drink Starbucks chickory coffee for $5 a cup and swear how wonderful it tastes. I think PT Barnem said it first about a sucker being born every second (minute, day). Sorry, I'll never be rich if that's what it takes.