Spring Hill Beef Hamper

Grass Fed Beef packaged & delivered to your door

At Spring Hill we guarantee 100% pure, hormone free, premium quality Angus cattle. Each steer is raised in the quiet, stress free environment in the misty green hills of the NSW Southern Highlands.

Here our cattle are treated with kindness and respect. Tranquil grazing on lush natural pastures ensures Spring Hill Beef develops a special taste and tenderness.

Spring Hill Beef is exclusively “Grass Fed”, guaranteed free of hormones and antibiotics. We DO NOT boom-spray weeds to ensure there is no contamination of the cattle’s pastures. Each steer is handed over to our local butcher within a life span of between 18/22 months which guarantees prime tender beef!
Our “Grass Fed” beef is a superior low fat health food! Why? Every serve contains:

• Up to 60% more Omega 3 than grain fed beef
• 3 times as much Vitamin E than grain fed beef
• Twice as much beta-carotene (Vitamin A) than grain fed beef

Omega 3 is essential for health and cannot be manufactured by the body. Most people think the only source is fish. Studies show that exclusively “Grass Fed” beef has an enhanced Omega 3 content up to 60% more than grain fed beef.

Additionally, there is a more favourable Omega 6 to Omega 3 ratio, improving the proportion of healthy fats in our diet.

Vitamin E is a powerful anti-oxidant and is most beneficial when consumed as food. “Grass Fed” beef contains three times more Vitamin E than grain fed beef.

Beta-carotene is a critical fat-soluble vitamin, necessary for maintaining a healthy immune system, good vision and growth. “Grass Fed” beef supplies twice the amount of Vitamin A as grain fed beef.

THE TRUTH ABOUT GRAIN FED BEEF

The truth about most Australian beef, and why we shouldn't eat it!

Most Australian beef is 'feedlot finished’, you may have heard it called "grain finished". This means that the cattle are fed a ‘finishing ration’ for a minimum of 100 days (due to the drought and cost of grain, this has been temporarily shortened to a 60 day minimum) and up to 300 days for the domestic market, up to 600 days for the export “Jap Ox”, and even more than 600 days for Wagyu!

What does ‘feedlotting’ mean? And what is a feedlot?
On arrival at a feedlot the cattle are:
- vaccinated,
- chemically drenched for worms,
- chemically treated for lice and external parasites,
- have a rumen bolus inserted (growth ‘enhancer’ aka hormones)
- fed a specially prepared ration (90% grain and protein by products)

A feedlot is an intensive confinement feeding system for cattle, the best analogy is battery fed chickens. Each animal has 5 to 10 squares metres and is in a pen of 50 to 200 cattle. It is fair to say that the cattle are stressed by this system as it is far removed from their normal behavioural and biological needs. Higher stress results in lesser meat quality.

The cattle are forced to stand and sleep in their own dung and urine; this is converted to ‘hard pack’, which is like concrete when it’s dry and a sewer slurry when it rains. When it’s dry, the dust generated by hooves is primarily faecal particulate, and this causes respiratory problems for the animals. The cattle are ‘treated’ for these respiratory problems with antibiotics. Some feedlots are providing ‘constant dosage’ to prevent respiratory problems.

Cattle are ruminants with 4 stomachs designed to eat roughage (grasses). Instead they are feed a diet of grains, rumen ‘modifiers’ (selective biocides that favour maximum growth), urea ( toxic at high levels) and a chemical ‘premix’. Hay or straw is used as a grass substitute, and is often less than 10% of their diet and is only provided to stimulate the rumen.

What does this diet mean? Amazing unnatural growth rates are achieved, up to 2kg per day and sometimes more. So the feedlots buy in steers at 200 – 220kg and ‘turn them off’ 100 days later at 450kg. Big profits are made in a short period of time. By comparison it would take a grass fed steer at least 9 months to achieve the same weight gains.

Grain finishing or feedlotting, changes the omega 6 and 3 ratio from the ideal of 3:1, to the unhealthy range of 24:1 Grass fed beef has the same healthy ratio of essential omega 3 and 6 fatty acids as found in fish!! Grain fed beef's fats are not good for you, and this change happens after only one week on grain!

In short when most Australians buy beef, they are buying chemically and drug enhanced meat that is unbalanced and possibly bad for their long-term health and well being.

"Spring Hill Beef" is grass raised and grass finished !!. 

How do you tell the difference between grass and grain fed beef? The easiest way is the colour of the fat. Grain fed beef's fat is usually white, and this looks 'good' with the artificial lighting in supermarket displays. Grass fed beef's fat is various shades of creamy yellow, and this is the result of the beta carotene content of the grass they ate.

For more info visit www.eatwild.com/basics

Testimonials:

"I tried some Spring Hill Beef last night and it was the best sirloin steak i have ever had !! "

Steve Price (media personality)

"The beef literally just melts in your mouth"

Geoff Morrell (actor)

"We have been buying the $200 hamper for our young family for 2 years now - we're hooked. At under $11p/kg it's great for our budget and futhermore after giving them Spring Hill Beef the kids just won't touch any other beef "

Pete Regan (Avalon father)

"GRASS FED / STRESS FREE"
Delivered to your DOOR
ONLY PRIME QUALITY
ANGUS STEERS USED!

Please place your orders by contacting Jacqui
or Simon Philp on 02 4886 4479 or email
simon@springhillbeefhamper.com.au or use
our contact page.

Each order will be delivered to your door.