Maleny Black Angus Beef

  You may wonder why a little beef producer like us would risk criticism and cynicism to comment on this topic, but we’re comfortable sharing our thoughts. Some might say we’re part of the controversy because our farting cows are causing environmental damage? Or others with an animal welfare concern believe it’s cruel to eat meat. Our objective with this article isn’t to cover every aspect of the debate. Nor do we want to cause angst by projecting a bias. We’re definitely not experts on the environment, economics, nutrition, vet-science or pharmacology. We just want to acknowledge the phenomenon of ‘mock meat’ (Is it a trend? Or the future?) and how we think it compares as an alternative to our ‘real meat’. Without hyperbole, we wanted to share our thoughts on the alternatives and give readers our perspective. Everyone is welcome to hold their own opinions. Hopefully we’ll shed some light on the discussion or at least get people questioning their choices. We acknowledge that non-me...

  At  Maleny Black Angus Beef , we think about these sorts of things all the time because it’s at the heart of our farming operation. Unfortunately the challenge is getting this message to people who haven’t thought about it before, or aren’t that concerned, and who continue to buy their meat (and other food) from supermarkets. When we talk about sustainable farming, to us its simple. There are no hormones, no antibiotics or unnatural ingredients used in our farming practices. That’s quite a few ‘no’s’. We don’t farm like this because we’re trying to be ‘Green’ or because we’re hillbillies (though some might call us alternate and we wouldn’t be offended. We’re definitely happy being a bit ‘different’). We simply believe this approach is best for our land and our cattle, and by default the environment and our customers benefit. It’s so simple. It’s sad to think that all farms were like this once, but now food production has moved to a mass-scale, cell-grazing and  grass-fe...