Whitaker Grass-fed Beef practices intensive regenerative grazing on the ranch. Intensive grazing means that the cattle will be rotated around the pasture in sections. The cattle are strategically moved from section to section and only return to a spot once it’s had ample time to regenerate. Intensive grazing allows for the soil to remain rich in nutrients. It’s a way to raise food with respect to mother nature instead of against it. Living in harmony with the land has always been the Whitaker Grass-fed Beef way.
Meat production in the U.S. has massively degraded our land and our soil, but it doesn’t have to remain that way. According to Matsumoto (2019), “[T]he grass-fed movement is based on a large idea, one known as regenerative agriculture or holistic management…[I]t holds that grazing ruminant populations are key to a healthy ecosystem” (p.1). Not only are the cattle receiving nutrients from the grass, but they are also returning nutrients to the soil with manure (Matsumoto, 2019). This cycle breeds reciprocity between man and nature.
When grass is allowed to regenerate, it will flourish in a way that prevents dusty, bare land. It’s argued that if bison had been more present in the 1930s, they could have prevented the Dust Bowl from happening (Matsumoto, 2019). Pastureproject.org wrote it best: “[R]egenerative grazing is one approach of regenerative agriculture, a type of agriculture which aims to rejuvenate agricultural landscapes and communities, not degrade or just sustain them” (p.1). If you’re an environmentally conscious carnivore, consider switching to grass-fed beef.