Is Morris Grassfed Beef “organic”?
Our beef is not certified organic. Because the USDA requires that our butcher and slaughterhouse also be certified organic, we have not pursued this certification yet. We are working on ways to remedy this, including perhaps opening our own, organic butcher shop and/ or using a certified, organic mobile slaughterhouse. Until that time comes however, we are relying on our relationships with you, our customers to be as compelling and credible as certification by a third party label. For the record: Our animals are fed no grain, nor are they given hormones. Furthermore, because they are raised and finished on grass they do not need and are not given sub-therapeutic antibiotics. They are never put in feedlots. Our practice regarding animal health is: one, prevent health problems with good nutrition, clean habitat and proper, low-stress handling methods; two, use alternative therapies when possible; and, three, if antibiotics are used at all after the animal is weaned at seven months of age
