What is the difference between 'Pasture Fed' and 'Grass Fed'?
'Grass Fed' means at some point the animal has eaten some grass, whereas 'Pasture Fed' means that all the animal has eaten is grass. No cereals or other non-grass feed.
'Pasture Fed' is therefore better than 'Grass Fed'.
Pasture-fed also means GM-free. Cows that only eat grass do not therefore eat any other type of animal feed. There are more than one million tonnes of GM animal feed imported into the UK each year; genetically modified soya beans and the like. Despite it being illegal for GM crops to be grown in the UK, there is no requirement for farmers who use GM animal feed to declare this on the packaging further down the supply chain.
The only way for you to be absolutely sure that now GM food has passed your lips is to buy Organic. The Organic regulations specifically prohibit the use of GM animal feed as well as the production of GM crops.
The marvellous Cows at Mossgiel Organic Farm are Pasture Fed 🙂 Of course they are! Just as nature intended. This diet makes for tastier Milk from the Cows (and also tastier Rosé Veal from the year-old bullocks).
Another consequence of feeding Cows the diet that nature intended for them is that they are much calmer and more chilled out. One of the things that doesn't happen at Mossgiel Farm is the practice of de-horning the Cows. This is actually something that we are actively campaigning to stop.
