Grass Fed Meat - Where to Buy in Brisbane

[essdeen]

In Brisbane, there are only 3 butchers who have genuine 'grass fed' meat. The one I go to is at www.sherwoodrdorganics.com.au

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[amandabs66]

Hi essdeen
I've noticed that my local Coles and Woolies (Cleveland) have started to introduce a very few grass-fed options. The mobile meat store (can't remember the name right now) which is at the Jan Powers Market at Wynnum and allegedly at the Chandler markets have a great selection of grass-fed beef and lamb, with organic pork and chickens.
Just wish the butchers around me would take this on board. I was raised on grass-fed meat, it was the norm then :/
Amanda

[healthyfliss]

I usually try to get the grass-fed meat options from Coles and Woolworths too, but it would be nice to know where to get grass-fed organic organ meat as well.

Essdeen, you mentioned that there were 3 butchers in Brisbane who supply grass-fed meat, what are the other two? Any on the north side?

[banannable]

Hi Healthyfliss, a fellow north-sider here! The Meat-ting Place in McDowall and Paddington has grass-fed meat. They are great quality but also a little pricey. There is a butcher at the Carseldine Markets (every Saturday 6am - 12pm near-ish to the train station) who says their meat is grass-fed. He said his beef is raised in Bald Hills, which is very local! I asked about their pork and they said it was grass-fed "as far as they knew." Hmm... They followed up to say that they have visited the farm and were told it was grass-fed. I feel more confident that the meat at The Meat-ting Place is genuinely grass-fed, but I just can't afford to shop there every week! Another thing that leads me to prefer The Meat-ting Place is that I get a much better beef bone broth from their bones than from the ones I get at Carseldine Markets. My broth from TMP (that's it, I'm abbreviating them!!) bones turns to a beautiful jelly, but the bones from the Carseldine Markets' bones was just a watery stock.

I would also be keen hear which are the other 2 butchers that Essdeen mentioned.

[banannable]

Also, Aldi has grass-fed beef. It's very affordable but so far I only like the mince. I found the diced beef to be verrry tough. So I wonder about the quality. Any thoughts on Aldi beef, anyone?

[banannable]

My local Woolies on the northside now has grass-fed beef too. Essdeen, are there thoughts that not all grass-fed beef is genuine??

[imawestcoastkiwi]

Hey guys, there is grass fed beef at super butcher in Eagle Farm. I have a very good friend who works there, head in and ask for Andrew the kiwi.

[gabby]

I have tried the Aldi porterhouse and rump steaks and they are great not tough at all, although occasionally the fat on the porterhouse is a bit sinewy. The Aldi eye fillet is fantastic. I often find diced beef is made from tough cuts and is good if you use it for long cooking stews. Shame Aldi don't do grass fed tallow or at least fat chunks for rendering.

We farm sheep in Victoria and the "vendor waybill and declaration" that you have to sign when you sell any sheep has to include any details of supplementary (read grain) feed you give your animals. This part of the waybill is given to the abattoir who slaughters the lamb, in theory your local butcher should be able to ask the abattoir to only supply lamb with no supplementary feeding, which should mean 100% grass fed. Not sure if the same applies to beef, they also have a waybill but I haven't seen what gets filled in on it.

With Pork I would be very surprised if they are actually purely grass fed, even if they are free range, it is very hard to fatten a pig quickly without some high protein food, which is normally grain, often whey from cheese processing, sometimes brewer's lees. Sometimes all of these combined. Although if the pork is very expensive then it may be true, as a pasture fed animal would take longer to raise so would be more pricey.

[randomness]

I am not in Brisbane, but I order from Mitchell Grass Meats www.mitchellgrassmeats.com.au/ and they deliver to Brisbane. Organic, grass fed beef and lamb as well as some organ, bones and fat. I'm happy with the quality and price when buying in bulk.