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John and Nadine de Bruin
DeyDey's Best Beef Ever is the marketing arm for Circle JN Ranch where we focus on producing the best beef we can. Our quality program starts with the right genetics of cattle. We have chosen Lowlines, a derivative of Angus, because they are smaller (60% the size of Angus), gentle and easy to handle, finish well (i.e. marble well) on grass, and taste great.
We are great believers in Joel Salatin’s “Salad Bar Beef”program and are proud to follow it pretty closely. Beef is very much like honey in that the taste will vary with the particular grasses the animals eat. Our irrigated pastures are filled with grasses that produce great tasting beef. We rotationally graze our cattle on our pastures, providing them with an all-you-can-eat salad bar of grasses each and every day, and recycling the beeves' waste products directly back to our pastures. We raise all our grasses for our cows ourselves. We purchase mineral supplements and salt to insure the cows stay healthy. We do not feed any hormones, antibiotics, animal byproducts, or use any chemicals such as insecticides in our program.
In order to produce quality meat, beeves must have some intramuscular fat to be juicy and tasty. Using ultrasound technology, we are able to determine prior to harvesting that our beef will grade “Choice” on the USDA grading system. We process our beef at a local Abattoir and have monitored their process from their humane harvesting, through dry aging to final vacuum packing and slow freezing. Our beef is dry aged for two weeks to tenderize and concentrate its flavor. Vacuum packing right after freezing preserves its freshness.We are not certified organic at this time but adhere to all practices of the National Organic Program for Beef.
In addition to beef, we also raise broilers seasonally, beginning April 1st after the danger of frost has passed and continuing until the end of November. We believe that there is a great synergy between our beef flock and our chickens and that they both contribute to a sustainable system which produces quality meat and enhances the environment. Our chickens are certified organic through Organic Certifiers in Ventura, CA.
We look forward to helping you with your beef and chicken needs. We appreciate the opportunity to be listed with folks like us who care about their health, the environment, and the quality of life of their animals.
John and Nadine de Bruin
229 Arboleda Road, Santa Barbara CA 93110
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