Joel Mendenhall of Mendenhall Cattle Company raises Animal Welfare Approved beef cattle on the oak-lined meadows of Palomar Mountain in southern California. As Joel explains, “The choice to eat grassfed beef is a choice to improve the welfare of the animals; decrease air, land and water pollution; aid family ranchers in their quest to provide a better product; and feed your family a superior, delicious and more nutritious food.”

The herd of Black Angus/Hereford cross cattle have been specifically bred, and are perfectly suited to the mountain landscape. After about a year of reaching mature weight, the cows are moved to the family-owned finishing ranch where they graze on even more native, natural, and organic grasses. They are never given hormones, unnecessary antibiotics, or corn-based feed.

Mendenhall Cattle Company’s products (including grassfed beef hot dogs) can be purchased at the farm’s own butcher shop, Homegrown Meats, in La Jolla, California. For more information about these products and the benefits of grassfed beef, visit the website at: www.homegrownmeats.com.