[libsyn_podcast id=6882836] : Episode 1116 - Joe Heitzeberg joins Vinnie and Serena this Friday to discuss Joe's company, Crowd Cow, ethically raised meat, the health benefits of red meat, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club Villa Cappelli Thrive Market ETHICALLY RAISED MEAT Joe started a company called Crowd Cow Here, you can buy meat from small vendors, you know who produces it and how it is produced Animals that are treated well and killed humanely You basically are sharing a cow with other people on the site Not just cows, salmon, chickens, and many other meats Serena has a hard time eating meat, but when she knows where it comes from and that it is raised well, it makes it easier Check out Crowd Cow here! Buy your meat here! Higher quality, better raised We all, at some level, want to know where our food comes from and when you buy in the grocery store, you really have no idea There aren't many great natural sources of protein other than red meat Red meat & eggs are the two true superfoods Shawn Baker is an example of this COW PARTS Cooking grass-fed beef is different -- Crowd Cow provides recipes for all different cuts, types, etc. They provide individual cuts, cut combos, and tons of different types of beef Some are tougher, some more fragrant Vinnie isn't a big cow organ guy, but some folks are and Crowd Cow sells organs too Be particularly careful with where organs come from Joe recommends browning and coating, throwing in carrots, mushrooms, etc to make it better Tongue is hard to find Grilled tongue is a top-level type of food Cooked for up to two days, thinly sliced, then marinated and grilled PROTECTING THE EARTH Many small farms which prevent over-development and pollution go out of business every year If you support companies like Crowd Cow, you are saving these farms and helping the environment Small farms also better in and of themselves in regards to pollution Less mass production, less pollution CRAFT BEEF Joe has a book on "craft beef" He learned not all grass-fed beef is created equal Big producer TRUCK IN GRASS to feed cows and they get to count as "grass-fed"