About Us

About Us

Slanker's Grass-Fed Meats

Welcome one and all to our web site. Slanker's Grass-fed Meats is the marketing arm of Ted Slanker's ranch where we raise grass-fed beef in the Red River Valley of northeast Texas. We also raise grass-fed pigs and a few grass-fed laying hens. We also have some grass-fed horses and "grass-fed" dogs and cats. For years we've been raising beef the Natural Way, which is free-ranging on lush grasslands, without grain, foreign feeds, hormones implants, or antibiotics in the feed.

Our natural American grass-fed beef is just that. It's beef from cattle that came off pastures and they were never fed grain or foreign feeds of any kind. We never feed our livestock grain, grain "cubes," grain-based protein licks, cotton seed meal, soybean meal, brewers solubles, distillers solubles, or any of the other popular unnatural feeds that so many other producers can't seem to get along without. Not only is grain taboo in our operation, but in most cases our cattle never get hay! (Hay is not really a problem, we avoid feeding hay as a more economic management approach.) That makes our cattle really authentic grass-fed critters.

When you buy natural grass-fed beef make sure it is grass-fed. Just because a label states the beef in the package is "free range," "natural," "organic," "lean," "heart friendly", "select," "choice," or "prime" that doesn't mean it's grass-fed. For instance, the U.S. Department of Agriculture considers grain-fed beef to be a "natural" beef product. So don't think for a minute that when you buy lean, heart-healthy, organic, free-range, or natural beef you are getting grass-fed (which means no grain) beef. In most cases "nice sounding" meat products are grain-fed, grain-supplemented, or grain-finished. In the same vein, some producers think that if their cattle are on pasture and are fed "only a little" grain as a "supplementation" they still qualify for the grass-fed label. In our book (the USDA's rule book is a little more lenient) their cattle are grain fed. The same goes for all other livestock food products.

Touring the Web Site

Our Web site is extensive and multilayered. Meat prices, ordering, and shipping information are located under the MEAT STORE HOME PAGE heading. We strongly urge everyone to read the essays in the Omega-3 Essays section. They provide excellent explanations of the peer-reviewed nutritional science that has revealed the importance of fatty acids and their impact on the function of every cell in our bodies. The research also points to real foods rather than concocted foods for optimal health. There's also essays describing the fundamental food for all animal life and how it relates to man's best balanced diet for proper health.

The very idea that grass-fed beef is a good eating experience and a healthier eating experience is rather new to "modern" Americans who know only of grain-fed meats. So a lot of work will be needed over the next 50 years to reeducate the American consumer about proper nutrition and what is and what is not good, wholesome food. That's why this web site has a Nutritionist's Corner, which will amaze you when you check it out.

Another important section is Science Links. It will take you to other Web sites that have interesting research and essays regarding many aspects of food, fatty acids, health and well-being. On some of the sites you can download actual peer reviewed research reports that have been published in major international professional journals. There's no doubt that the "Omega-3 fatty acid thing" is for real.

But educating the public is only half of the problem. Most of the livestock producers in North American do not have a clue about raising critters solely on grass. They actually believe they must feed grain in order for their livestock to grow, to carry them through the winter, or to finish them prior to slaughter. Those beliefs can change though. But it will take years and health-conscience consumers will drive that change by voting with their dollars.

We raise and market breeding bulls from our registered herd of Polled Hereford cattle along with our grass-fed beef, which is produced primarily by our commercial cow herd. Our management practices are quite unique since we raise our cattle on lush grasslands without supplementation, other than minerals and salt. In fact, for the past 12 years we haven't even fed hay. Our calves are 100% pasture raised. And what makes this amazing is that there are only a small handful of producers in the country who can make that claim!

Slanker's Grass-Fed Meats ships meats to the following states:

Serving Western, Eastern, and Central U.S.A. and more.
Alabama	Hawaii	Massachusetts	New Mexico	South Dakota
Alaska	Idaho	Michigan	New York	Tennessee
Arizona	Illinois	Minnesota	North Carolina	Texas
Arkansas	Indiana	Mississippi	North Dakota	Utah
California	Iowa	Missouri	Ohio	Vermont
Colorado	Kansas	Montana	Oklahoma	Virginia
Connecticut	Kentucky	Nebraska	Oregon	Washington
Delaware	Louisiana	Nevada	Pennsylvania	West Virginia
Florida	Maine	New Hampshire	Rhode Island	Wisconsin
Georgia	Maryland	New Jersey	South Carolina	Wyoming
Also Canada and Puerto Rico

Contact the us via e-mail at:

goodmeat@slanker.com

Grass-Fed Beef, It's What's Best for Dinner!