Why Grassfed Is Best!: The Surprising Benefits of Grassfed Meats, Eggs, and Dairy Products

by Jo Robinson

Why Grassfed Is Best! is the first book to explain the multiple advantages of buying products from animals raised on pasture. New York Times bestselling author Jo Robinson explains why buying grassfed products benefits human nutrition, animal welfare, the environment, and small family farms. The book includes scientific references plus a state-by-state listing of suppliers of grassfed products.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2000

About the author

Jo Robinson, an investigative journalist and New York Times best-selling writer, is the author of the book, Pasture Perfect, and the principal researcher and writer for the eatwild.com web site. Jo has spent the last nine years researching the many benefits of raising animals on pasture. Her interest grew out of a previous book, The Omega Diet, co-authored with Dr. Artemis Simopoulos, that explores the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. While researching the book, Jo learned that meat from pasture-raised animals is very similar to meat from wild game and that both promote optimal health.

Starting with this insight, she began an exhaustive search of the scientific literature from the 1960s to the present. To date, she has identified hundreds of peer-reviewed studies showing that raising animals on pasture is good for the animals, the environment, farm families, and the health of consumers. She gives talks to ranchers, government agencies, sustainable agricultural groups, and the general public around the country. Jo has been interviewed by scores of journalists and reporters about the benefits of raising animals on pasture.

Jo's book, When Your Body Gets the Blues, extended her interest in natural health to human psychology. Working with Dr. Marie-Annette Brown from the University of Washington, she developed a clinically proven, all-natural program that boosts women's mood and energy level and tames their appetite. (The book was featured in an hour-long special on PBS throughout the summer of 2003.)

Jo lives on Vashon Island in Washington State. She is developing a test garden that features plants with exceptional nutritional value that are similar to plants growing in the wild.

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is about an interesting topic. However, it wasn't the most engaging as far as writing style.

I wish more time had been spent on the topic of dairy and eggs than meat, but thats just because I don't eat meat. It provides an extensive list of grassfed farms which takes up a fair chunk of the read time and adds to the page count.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick& easy read that makes understanding the benefits of grassfed & pastured animals easy to get.