The announcement by the World Health Organization linking red meat and processed meat to cancer shouldn’t be a surprise. There have been similar studies but not broadcast with the power of the World Health Organization. Tallgrass Beef has been working for several years to create a hot dog that eliminates as many of the “processed” problems as possible. I think the result is remarkably healthy. First, our franks and sausages are uncured. Uncured means the meat doesn’t include artificial nitrates...

Authored by Bill Kurtis How do you change an American icon into a symbol of the movement toward healthier food? Granted, the hot dog’s iconic reputation is built more on a ballpark experience than nutritional content. And the story that it is stuffed with everything left over in the slaughterhouse process, even the sweepings, has persisted from generation to generation. Mothers may serve them, but not without a feeling of guilt. I dreamed, “What if I could transform this so-called...

In a study conducted by the USDA and Clemson University, the benefits of grass-fed beef and its nutritional value were outlined. For a long time question has been raised about the difference between grass-fed beef and grain-fed beef and if one was a better option. A study conducted by the United State Department of Agriculture along with Clemson University showcased how grass-fed beef actually contains less chemicals and fatty elements that can negatively affect human health. Grass-fed beef not only...

Illinois corn farmers were celebrating Thanksgiving with record yields and prices. The state's rich earth has been good to us, especially the one million acres planted in corn. Congratulations would be in order were it not for a very, very, dark side to this story. The headline should read, "The Golden Earth is becoming scorched earth." It's been suggested for years that over-application of nitrogen fertilizer, while delivering high yields, is actually destroying the soil that gives us our food....

[caption id="attachment_2726" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cattle raised naturally and roaming free, as nature intended.[/caption] We are what we eat. Corn is mostly starch and sugar, the reason it is currently preferred as the fuel for making ethanol. When fed to cattle those ingredients cause almost instant weight gain and since ranchers are paid by weight which leads to harvest in the shortest amount of time, it seemed like a marriage made in heaven back in the Fifties when feedlots began to...