The Cox Family Farms 

Lean, Healthy Beef

Grass-fed beef is 93-5% lean and high in nutrients:

Grass-fed beef is lean and healthy!  Don't take our word for it.  Time magazine reports, "Grass is a low-starch, high-protein fibrous food, in contrast to carbohydrate-rich, low-fiber corn and soybeans. When animals are 100% grass-fed, their meat is not only lower in saturated fats but also slightly higher in omega-3 fatty acids, the healthy fats found in salmon and flaxseed, which studies indicate may help prevent heart disease and bolster the immune system. Ground beef and milk from grass-finished cattle also have more conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which recent data suggest may help prevent breast cancer, diabetes and other ailments. Moreover, grass-finished meat is higher than grain-finished meat in vitamin A and vitamin E, two antioxidants thought to boost resistance to disease. "Grass-fed meat is beef with benefits," says nutritionist Kate Clancy, author of a recent Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) report." 

Click here to read the full article:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1200759-1,00.html

Cox Family Farms beef has no artificial hormones, antibiotics or pesticide treated pasture.  We still farm the way our grandparents did, the natural way.  We believe that the less you interfere with nature, the healthier our animals will be - and in turn, you!  Is this the most profitable way to farm?  Maybe not, but it's what is best for our animals, our planet and our bodies.

Environmentally Friendly 

Local food - never more than 100 miles from pasture to plate!

Our cows were born and raised here in Northern Kentucky, never shipped or brought from other areas.  In addition, Cox Family Farms beef is processed locally. 

Matter of fact, very little mechanization is used in raising our cows.  Our only use of machinery comes from mowing hay twice a year, the  trip to the processor and delivery directly to you.  It comes down to about a gallon or two of diesel fuel per cow!

*our beef sold by the pound travels a little further to a USDA processing plant about 2 hours away. 

"How Eating Grass-Fed Beef Could Save the Planet" (Time Magazine)

"Conventional cattle raising is like mining," he says. "It's unsustainable, because you're just taking without putting anything back. But when you rotate cattle on grass, you change the equation. You put back more than you take." (See the top 10 scientific discoveries of 2009.)

It works like this: grass is a perennial. Rotate cattle and other ruminants across pastures full of it, and the animals' grazing will cut the blades — which spurs new growth — while their trampling helps work manure and other decaying organic matter into the soil, turning it into rich humus. The plant's roots also help maintain soil health by retaining water and microbes. And healthy soil keeps carbon dioxide underground and out of the atmosphere.

Happy Cows  

  Our cows are treated like family.  They enjoy plenty of space to graze, shade for lounging and spring-fed ponds.