What's Wrong with the Beef you Buy! 

RETIRED USDA CHEMIST; these gentlemen are EXACTLY CORRECT about what the meat industry does to meat & USDA allows them to do it! From my point of view, USDA "WORKS for the Meat Industry" rather than Actually "Regulating it"! You pay taxes & your taxes pay USDA to "WORK for the meat industry" & "NOT WORK FOR YOU"! The Government is supposed to "Work for YOU, the PEOPLE"!

My dad told me about 20 years ago that large corporations are as bad as communisim at the time I tried to argue with him. Now I know that he is right.

This is why people need to support local butchers who support local ranchers.

My family raised 100% Wagyu cows in Georgia if any of you live in the state we raise the beef right and are a Christian family , have owned the land and managed it for a very long time , if anyone is interested let me know ! Love your show !!! Wish more folks knew about this

USDA and FDA are a pathetic joke.

I think people want to buy from ranchers, but they don’t know how to find that local beef. We need an online marketplace of some sort to buy direct from ranchers.

Been a farmer for 58 years. These fellows nailed the problem.

Beef Ranchers are amazing. God Bless them all and help them be financially successful. We need the Ranchers.

USDA is not protecting the public. Follow the money

Buy from local ranchers! Grass fed grass finished! Problem solved.

WE KNEW IT! The husband and I have been talking about this, the meat does not cook the same, it doesn't look the same or taste the same. and its not just ground beef too. We started going to the butcher, there is hardly a price difference.

Just saw another clip about a man who is building a butchering plant in Richfield Utah to help out the local farmers. I pray he is successful and can help out the farmers and the communities.

This should be a mandatory lecture for high school seniors.

Good interview. When I process my chickens that I have treated very well. I always thank them for their sacrifice, and I thank God for this sustenance. Cows are too big for me to slaughter. I am an old woman and I only have one and a third acres. But I try to get my beef and lamb from a local rancher. I'm grateful.

Great video! I've been cutting meat for 18 years and heard rumors of this going on but I didn't know for sure so I appreciate what you are doing. I take pride in what I do but it makes me feel sad that I'm part of the reason ranchers are quitting. I teach cutting meat and would love to promote local meat producers. Thanks again.

This gentleman speaks with such authority that is absolutely believable & no reason not to accept his advice and consider what he says. We’ve been searching for a local rancher to buy direct, highly everyone try doing the same & support your local rancher & not the meat/grocery cartels.

Our local ranchers here , except one, were bought up by a big box corporation. Their sales tanked after that. However the one that didnt sell out saw his business skyrocket. Residents from neighboring counties/parishes became prominent customers. Big box corporation tried to buy his business again but was unsuccessful so they went through the federal and local system and got him to start paying higher fees and higher taxes which naturally he had to increase his prices to stay in business. I dont know how long before he relents and sells his business but i hipe our community stands together and keep him afloat. Dont ever believe what the label says. Remember these are the same people who supported vaccinations and other radical ideas leading towards poor health. Profit means more than quality.

I work at a butcher shop just down the road from CWC riverton (I'm also a student at the college). We have some very nice beef come in from local ranchers. Generally, the cost to buy a beef is substantially lower than buying an equivalent amount of beef from Walmart or smiths and is generally much higher quality than what you'll find at the store. A lot of the local ranchers are great folks and we love helping connect them with local buyers.

I am so thankful for this content. This clearly explains why I feel sick after eating beef. I'm from NJ, I need to look into buying beef from a ranch... Thank you!! 💖🙏🏼🕊️💖💯♾️

Farmers, truckers & cowboys, gotta love 'em❤❤❤ Salt of the earth 🌎🥰🥰🥰

One small step is to get congress to pass legislation stating country of origin on all meat.

The beef industry needs to speak up for itself. Educate the consumer, because they don't know.

If I buy meat from the grocery store I buy organic local texas brands(though their not as local and community oriented as I'd like) but I'm fortunate to know a local rancher GRACE RANCH in texas where I know the owner well( BARRY he's a great guy) who raises natural grass fed beef. Just ate some spaghetti with his ground beef and it's a good feeling knowing your supporting local family owned business who humanely raises and slaughters his steer!❤

Good info ! Tho I did NOT need them to tell me this !! I’m 58 years old and I KNOW food especially meat and poultry does NOT taste like it did 30 & 40 years ago

Grass-fed, grass finished beef is leaner, however, the fat in the meat is much healthier for us! Plus, you are supporting more sustainable ranches, the environment and ranchers that care-worth every penny!

When a cowboy is worried, we all should be paying attention and doing something about it

Thank you so much . We all want our country to succeed. Our ranchers and farmers are us,you and me. I'll have to budget differently but it's worth it.

I found a farmer about an hour from me that sells only grass fed beef, , raised using regenerative practices, processed at a small processor that I have used for a few pigs and a couple cattle that we raised. Yes, it is twice the cost of the supermarket. But , if we don’t start buying from these small farmers , as said in the video, they won’t be there in the future. And the beef I buy is delicious, and more healthy and full of nutrition. Consumers need to wake up.

Up front I want to say that I have always held ranchers and farmers with high respect. In the 3rd grade I told my teacher that I was going to go to college and become a cowboy! ( neither happened). I am 75 now on SS and I supplement my income with a side hustle. This economy will not allow me to support my local rancher. Sadly most of us “ regular folk” are in a very tight spot right now. On a final note I am grateful to the Lord for the food I do have and send my prayers and blessings out to all you hard working ranchers and farmers.

Great insight. Fantastic video!

This video is spot on! Its the dirty global commerce that nobody knows about and the industry that I love is dying. That’s what landed me here.. I recently left everything behind & moved to Florida for an intern position at CF Cattle farms. I don’t regret it one bit. One of my tasks is to start a RU-vid channel to shed light on what we do and show what we go through daily to do our part in feeding America the right way. Do what you can to make a change in this dark world!

Sooooo, how can we hold the USDA accountable? Didn’t know you could purchase from local ranchers? Learning something new and loving it!

I don't buy beef or any meat from the grocery store. I buy from the Farm down the road and across the county. Eggs and Honey from Sister's farm. I know we are blessed with the fruit of the land....

My wife and I bought an old cow 3 years ago (old as in 10 and only grass fed) and the taste difference was so noticeable and better and we just keep buying from the grower

Thank you for this truth! Watch before it's taken down. I'm totally on board with buying from local farmers!

We really appreciate you ranchers. Thank you.❤

Thank you for shedding light on this issue. I had no idea. However importing meat is absolutely terrible. We as a county should be fed by our own americans.

Part of the solution is bringing back the local butcher shop. It is the final step between the local slaughterhouse and the individual shoppers. If you want to build a community, then you need locals to do business with local shops. I can only think of one butcher shop in by community of nearly 300,000. I remember as a kid (I'm 73 y.o.) of going with my parents and grandparents to local butcher shops that processed local carcasses in various cuts. Local shops would be good not only for beef producers but also pork, mutton, goal, and poultry producers.

This guy is full of knowledge that needs to be introduced into our FDA to get things strait! BUY FROM A LOCAL RANCHER YALL!! And if you think they are hard to find well you probably pass atleast 5 ranchers on your way to Wal-Mart or Costco! And you dont hv to live out west, i live in north GA and we hv plenty no thier not a big rancher like out in the grassland out west but thier enough to supply thier little communities..Yes its a little higher but is your family not worth it! But if you figure it all out all the way to the end of the slaughter then its really not that much more,you may say i cant afford to buy a whole cow well get 5 people or however many just 2 whatever and yall go in on one cow and split the meat between everyone that put thier money in it,its not that hard or expensive if you do this. My neighbor and i go in half on a cow and the meat last both my family and his all yr.. both of us hv a family of 4 per household. Now we don't go wild on eating it but it does last us, and its so much of a better meat.

I bought a piece of land over 35 years ago to put a processing plant on but havent been able to fix my dream. I would like to talk to this man about building a processing area for our farmers.

I stopped buy store bought meat 5 years ago and started buying local grass fed beef. It tastes a whole lot better than store bought. I pay about the same as I would at the store. I love my local ranchers and farmers. Keep up the good work.

Keep up the good work and keep educating!!! I am from a small town in northeast Iowa. I have a relationship with a local farmer where he delivers a cow to our local locker. I pay for the processing and pay the farmer based on the hanging weight. The calf is born in my county and it never leaves. I think that is pretty awesome.

Years ago I woke up and stopped going to major corporate stores and today I don't miss them a bit. Thankfully I have the opportunity to grow and raise my own food!

I worked in the meat industry for over 10 years... this is all 100% accurate.. but our LFTB was in chips and pellets. It's in processed meatballs, meat loafs, hamburger, chicken nuggets... ect...

Thanks for producing this, it's probably the most informative presentation on the cattle industry I've seen.

This is fantastic. One of the most important videos on RU-vid. Share this with everyone you know.

I'm seriously loving this conversation! Educating!

I drove a reefer over several years. Delivered beef from nearly every packer. Going in some receivers there containers from foreign countries. Retired now and live in rural cummunity of 8000 people and have local beef in small grocery stores.

The beef I buy is amazing! From a farmer a few hours down the road. We know how they raise the cows, what they feed them and what the inject into them. I’m very grateful to live in a state where I can get actual US raised beef!

For the sake of all Americans this video needs to go viral.

I survived colon cancer (so far). Living in Western SD I’m fortunate that I can buy my beef direct from a rancher or small locker. Since my surgery I’m more sensitive to digestive food process. I have noticed when I grab meat in a pinch (usually forget to thaw something) from a grocery store my stomach doesn’t feel right and often upset. Unlike when I cook beef product from the rancher/locker. A young couple of friends of mine in Az are similar with any protein his wife eats from the grocery store resulting in a frequent trip to the ER. But fish they catch themselves, wild game and protein direct from ranchers she is always ok with. Stuff in the stores is chemically added poison anymore.

I was advised 20 years ago to consider buying the whole cow (group purchase) from the farmer and ranchers while they still exist.

Beyond interesting, incredibly informative, and utterly shocking. He hit the nail on the head with the statement that “the USDA is supposed to be enforcing truth in labeling and they are the biggest violator.”

We need to talk about FDA doubling sulfur levels in animals foodstuffs. This comes from sulfuric acids used in processing and preserving foodstuffs. The DDGS contains sulfuric acids residue destroying vitamins and minerals and stopping absorption of vitamins and minerals. This makes meat stink if high enough levels and tuff meat. This damages the health of animals and humans. Most this is in grains products.

Thanks for the information on the meats not being quality standards. We don't hear this type information on mainstream media.Will start buying my meat elsewhere. God bless you sir and keep you safe.

I work in an industrial beef slaughter and packing company. USDA is not working up to standard. There were any times we should have been temporarily shut down. My girlfriend also worked there as a QA (quality assurance). She told me that with briskets once theyve been processed the final stage is to inject them with some kind of liquid mixture just to make them seem bigger and heavier because at the end of the day it all comes down to money. Also, the washing the meat part they talk about, when the meat is on the production line towards the end before they get to the packaging team it goes under some sprayers that spray this "sanitizing" mixture to keep the meat free of pathogens. When i was selected to go to a safety meeting that included very little people the guy holding the meeting said that just a drop of that substance without being diluted would clear a room thats about 15ft by 15ft of all adults very quickly. Yet we we douse the meat in a diluted version of this stuff. I have so many stories its just unbelievable.

I worked for a packing slaughter operation near Garden City 40 years ago. It was an amazing operation. I also know that feed yards with hundreds of head cannot be the best environment . Now I buy from the private rancher.

No wonder the beef no longer digests well.

Thank you both!

i had no idea the companies were importing beef and placing US labels on it. But this makes so much sense for me now. Ive noticed in the last year or so the grocery store i would frequent, its beef has degraded in visual quality heavily and it also cooks, and tastes different, than what i know i was buying before. Thank you for this information, i knew i wasnt going crazy. Time for me to start buying locally and independently produced goods.

Awe man. I just bought $45 worth of pig and beef today that was discontinued for quick sale. I was feeling so good about the savings....then I watched this video. My 🎈 lost all its 💨 and now I feel 😐. So here's the problem I face as a consumer; I make very little money, I have many mouths to feed, big heads are taxen the crap out of everything, and inflation is strangling my dollars. I want to buy direct but I cannot afford the cost of buying direct🤷

It's about time to get State rights back 🔙🔙🔙 from the USDA...

Thank you for the work you do to provide these personal and informational interviews that share crucial data!

I just found your channel. I'm binge watching your videos, and learning an awful lot. Thank you for this amazing content. We proudly support our ranchers and small local businesses.

Thanks Trinity for sharing this info. Now I need to share this with friends etc. I'm on a very low income and have wanted to buy from a local meat market that buys from local ranchers, but kept thinking I can't afford it. I came to the realization awhile ago that if I buy meat to make casseroles and crockpot meals I can afford the quality straight from farm meat and the meals will last for the whole month till next check comes in. I'm excited to start this new way of life. Thanks again.

I wish this great video was on the main stream media all over this country so people would know what’s going on. Thank you Trinity for this very informative video. God Bless

"Stop being a consumer and start being a citizen! Build community through buying local food" I love this concept and stand by this in my own life. We adjusted the way we were spending and prioritized local meat and raw milk from our small farmers in Virginia. It is a big shift because it can be more expensive but our health has improved and we cut back our spending in other ways. If you can, buy local and organic.

Thank you Sir for sharing this problem with me. I will adjust my spending to where it helps the small ranchers!

I am so thankful that you made this video, exposing the meat industry. Farmers and ranchers are America's lifeline. Without them we wouldn't survive. Thank you again and God bless you!

Trinity, have you heard about the 5 or 6 large ranchers, I belive, from Wyoming and Montana, they are building their own packing facility, outside of Wheatland Wyoming? As I understand it, they have the go-ahead and permits etc. To proceed. It's supposed to only process livestock from local ranchers to the areas of western Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota as an example. I'm an agricultural Electrical Contractor, when I'm home. Local to Wheatland Wyoming. I've been in Southern Nevada working for a while now and haven't been able to get the info first hand as of late, but in my mind this would be a great thing.

Excellent content! Thank you for the deep dive and big picture.

What a brilliant informative video, thank you from northwest England. I think it's pretty much the same over here. God bless you all and all of us around trying to end this cycle.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this VERY ENLIGHTENING conversation. This information should be taught in schools & colleges. Our younger generations have NO UNDERSTANDING of where REAL food comes from nor do they have an appreciation snd respect for farmers & ranchers. It is a natural cycle that we must preserve to survive!

We Appreciate ranchers hard work...I hate buying meat from stores I need a to start buying from a rancher

I noticed that my ground beef had a weird texture and off taste and KNEW that something was wrong and threw it away as I just could not continue even eating it. Thanks to you In know why. Im very grateful. ❤😉🙏

I buy all my food from my local PA farmer and a bison ranch out west. The farm is all permaculture, non-GMO, no soy, organic. Fully pastured beef, poultry, pork. The food is healthy but 3-4 times the grocery store prices. 🥴 I don't have money for extras or vacations or a new car. But I know what is and is not in my food, and I'm supporting a great farming family. I choose health over other conveniences.

USDA big government is the problem there used to be local butcher shops everywhere forty years ago now it’s scarce

Glad we raise our own grass fed beef, buffalo, pork, chickens and turkeys.

Starting today I am buying home grown items as much as I can find them to support my community. Thank you for this video.

Great interview! Never knew about it. Thanks!

Asking the consumer to spend more will never work. Education as explained in this video is imperative and labeling .

This was an excellent video Trinity! It’s super important and this needs to address now so we don’t loose all the family ranches! They are the heartbeat of America along with the farmer! 👍👍 great job! Keep this going!

Thank you very much for the information/education! This is what it takes to get people to understand and change their mindset. In the past, my disgust for the meat industry has driven me away from beef, but now I will seek out better alternatives to support butchers/ranchers.

Great point on cows being needed for "green" environment!! Rancher need to explain this well to the "green" folks who dont know this. Grazing and fire prevention!!!!! And every was rancher help the planet. We NEED to get this out in a BIG way!

Very similar here in Australia. Government is our major problem.

The FDA should be ashamed of themselves. Our government should do a better job of protecting its people from bad food. Every industry is all about money & not people.

Thank you Trinity for this VERY IMPORTANT VIDEO!!!! I want to look for a farmer to buy from now...but I'm single and don't want to buy much. I will look around. I've missed your channel!❤ THANKS AGAIN...HAPPY TRAILS 😊

You’re putting out such valuable information to the general public. I agree, people need to buy local and support their communities. When I was a kid (in 1960’s/70’s Los Angeles), my mom bought from the local butcher and produce farm. Lots of people shopped that way. That went by the wayside by the 80’s. The butcher we went to was out of business in the late 70’s, and the produce farm decreased their production to mainly pumpkins in the fall in the early 80’s. Sad state of the country.

Great Video --from CA, as a cancer survivor I can relate to this video my parents used to feed me milk from the grocery store and I was like a real cow until I started having issues with my digestion and it was childhood leukemia long story short we were also eating fast food the 90s and now I try and buy Bison from a rancher in TX and have it shipped here to horrid CA even tho its expensive because cancer sucks and our health is priceless🦬 I only eat organic now and skip the dairy. There is a film called BOSS on netflix that recounts a butchers experience dealing with this slime highly recommended! God Bless Yall

Done! I found a local butcher who sells beef from local ranchers. This feels good i need to start buying locally grown produce and eggs also. Thanks for this i guess ive been going along with my head up my keister.

This is one of those videos to keep in a file , to review later. There's very important info here. Great video, thankyou.

Thanks for making this video. I will be sharing this for sure.

People have been programed to buy beef from the big box stores and they no-longer see small farmers as a source of beef. I take great care in raising each cow, bull and calf. I give my cattle all the hay and grass they can eat, and they never go to a feedlot. They are always on pasture and always happy til the last day. When I try to sell beef processed by licensed butchers, most people say they prefer to buy from the big box stores. Sometimes they want me to eat the beef first before they will try it.

How does this helpful informative video, not have a million views.

I like Mike he's a great person and he's got things right if us small ranchers don't start working together more closely we are all going to be gone soon. These guys don't care about health or the world they only care about there bottom line and dominant control. Tell it like it is Mike people need to know what they are buying.

❤❤ We need a main website to find local Ranchers and community welcoming slaughter houses . Surprised you didnt mention organic , no hormones , no antibiotic , and hours grazed . Ill be glad to support local , when they they really care about what goes into the meat . Your gonna have to up the Quality of the meat , to be supported.

It’s not just beef, I used to drive refrigerated trucks and haul broccoli from Laredo to Kent Washington and then back to Arlington Texas and then open up the doors of my trailer and I would have all these little boxes of broccoli stamped Made In the USA and this was in February there’s no broccoli 🥦 being grown in Texas in February and get unloaded at Walmart Distribution. So I agree 100% with you. We catch wild pigs and load them up in a livestock trailer and then haul them to Dallas for slaughter and processing into boxes to be flown to France and sold as “Wild Boar”. It used to be horse meat being transported to France but now it’s wild pigs.

Great story!! More people need to know these truths!! Keep up the great work!

Thanks for the information. They must be doing the same thing to pork and fowl as well. You've opened my eyes to what I suspected was going on. Time to share this information and support our local ranchers.

Thank you gentlemen, this was so educational for me. I just went and bought on sale a whole bunch of that box hamburger to 75 a pound thought I was getting the best deal. I will now go and find a direct cell Beef producer here in Utah, and pay the price, I am so sorry for being one of those consumers, always looking for the bargain. I am now repenting.