LITTLE SILVER: GRASS-FED GRILL FEST
The butcher counter at Sickles Market is making room for grass-fed beef. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge)
By JIM WILLIS
This weekend Sickles Market in Little Silver will host a barbecue on Saturday and Sunday featuring the market’s new selections of grass-fed beef.
Grass-fed beef, for the uninitiated, differs from your typical grain-fed beef in that it’s leaner and contains a different and possibly healthier ratio of fats as a result of the cattle’s diet. Farmers in countries such as Ireland and New Zealand raise their cattle almost exclusively on grass whereas the vast majority of cattle in the United States are fed a mostly corn-based diet.