The Dairy Show

Green Beef: A Story of Grass-Fed Beef

As some of you may know, I've been spending a lot of time working on a project on Grass-Fed and Finished beef.  Those of you who didn't know that are probably saying-'wait a minute what does beef have to do with Dairy?'  Well that's a fair question, but the reality is that the dairy industry wouldn't exist if there wasn't also beef being produced.  In this video, however, we don't focus on beef derived from Dairy farms, but instead take a look at Grazin' Angus Acres, a completely Grass-Fed and Grass-Finished cattle ranch in Ghent NY.

On Wednesday April 21st at a Slow Food NYC University Event, an advanced preview of the film was shown followed by a great discussion with Dan Gibson from Grazin' Angus Acres, Betty Fussell, Jake Dickson of Dickson's Farmstand Meats, and Josephine Proul, the Chef at Local 111.  Overall the evening was a great success and the panel discussion added further context to the video. 

April 21 Slow U: Green Beef

On April 21st come and shake the hand that feeds you at Slow Food U: "Green Beef". The evening will begin with a special trip via video to Columbia Country NY to visit a completely grass fed and grass finished cattle operation. In this special preview of a program due out in early summer, Michael Crupain (of TheDairyShow.com) will take you through the process of raising cattle for Beef from pasture to plate starting at Grazing Angus Acres farm and finishing in the kitchen of restaurant Local 111, just a few miles from the farm. Along the way he'll stop and talk biology, history with Betty Fussell, nutrition with Marion Nestle, and climate change with Anna Lappe.

After the short film, Dan Gibson, Owner of Grazing Angus Acres, Betty Fussell, culinary historian and author of Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American Beef and The Story of Corn, Josephine Proul, executive chef of Local 111 restaurant in Philmont, NY, Jake Dickson of Dickson's Farmstand Meats in the Chelsea Market, and Michael Crupain will be on hand for a panel discussion about grass-fed grass finished beef and will also answer your questions.

As an extra special treat, chef Proul will prepare a dish featuring Grazing Angus Acres beef for everyone to try, paired with NY State Wine.

Proceeds from this event will support the activities and programs of Slow Food NYC.

Location: Astor Center - 399 Lafayette St. (at East 4th St.); Manhattan [Site]

Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Tickets:
Slow Food Members: $25 - use promotional code SFNYCMEM
Non-members: $35 - use promotional code SFNYCNON

www.astorcenternyc.com/class-slow-u-green-beef.ac