Wild Idea Grass-fed Buffalo vs Feed Lot Buffalo

There are a hundred ways that Americans can support the restoration of the Great Plains and the revival of the buffalo herds, but the most simple and honest way is to
do it one bite at a time.

It’s also the healthy way.

Today we know that grass-fed bison meat is a highly nutrient dense food (the proportion of protein, fat, minerals and fatty acids are high when compared to its caloric value.) When compared to other animals from a feed lot, the bison have a greater concentration of iron as well as other essential nutrients. The meat from grass-fed bison can contain up to four times as much vitamin E as feedlot cattle. This potent antioxidant has been shown to lower the risk of heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Not only is grass-fed buffalo a naturally leaner meat which means lower in calories, it has also been found to be lower in “bad” saturated fat and higher in “good fat” or omega-3 fatty acids; Up to sixty percent of the fatty acid content in the grasses on the plains contain omega-3 and are found in abundance in buffalo allowed to graze on the natural grasses, Which is 3.5 times more omega-3s then grain fed bison. The benefits from a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can not be overstated. These benefits include cancer prevention, to lowering cholesterol, as well as reducing inflammation.

Instead of trucking “feeder bulls” to a feedlot, and then again trucking the bison to a slaughter house for processing, Wild Idea Buffalo Company ranchers let their bison mature on native grass pastures. Then respectfully and causing zero stress to the bison, they are humanely harvested in the field under the supervision of a state inspector. The initial processing is done in the pasture with a Moveable Harvest Facility, operated by Sustainable Harvest Alliance. The carcass’s are then taken to a local packing house, fine cut and packaged. Wild Idea Buffalo animals are never confined, never trucked, and never see the back door of a slaughter plant.

You can count on your hands the number of ranchers who are raising prime age, two year old buffalo that meet our criteria; raised 100% on native grass pastures, with no time in a feedlot, no antibiotics or growth hormones administered, and 100% humanely harvested.

source: SDSU Analytical Labs & www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp