Right now, the Seward Meat Department offers goat cuts from P6-producer Peters Family Farm in Fountain, Minn., and we’re very excited for you to give it a try.
Seward Co-op was introduced to Travis and Jen of Peters Goat Farm by our former beef producer Bonnie Austin of Hill and Vale. In 2008, the couple acquired a 40-acre plot, situated on a hillside in Minnesota — perfect for raising goats. The goats graze mixed grass pastures in season and are fed hay in the winter. This diet makes them slightly sweeter and more delicate than lamb.
While goat might seem an unusual meat to some, the truth is it’s only unusual in the United States. Goats’ popularity throughout the world is a result of their ability to thrive in nearly any environment. Additionally, because they are “browsers” rather than grazers means they have a relatively low impact on farmland.
Here are five other things you maybe didn’t know about goat:
- Goat is the most widely consumed meat in the world. Seventy percent of red meat eaten worldwide is goat.
- Goat is quite similar to lamb in how it cooks, so you can cook goat all the ways you’re used to cooking lamb: grilling, roasting, stews, and braising.
- Goat comes in most of the same cuts as lamb: shoulder, stew meat, ribs, shoulder, etc.
- A key reason Seward Meat Department is excited about carrying this meat is that goats are a far less environmentally impactful livestock than cattle. They require far less space and are a small footprint livestock.
- Goat is one of the leanest meats. Comparatively, chicken is twice as fatty, lamb is six times fattier, and pork has nine times the fat of goat.
So, come and get your goat from Peters Family Farm and see what others are eating worldwide.