North American Bison

 

NORTH AMERICAN BISON

Bison (aka Buffalo) is North America’s original red meat. It is good for your health, good for the environment and absolutely delicious. These guys are free-ranging grazers. This translates to fewer calories, fat and cholesterol than chicken or fish, yet higher in protein than beef. With a sweeter finish, North American Bison is not gamey at all.

The Bison are a mixture of grass-fed and grain-finished for the last 100-150 days before harvest to give them a consistently higher quality flavor while still remaining tender.

From Alberta Canada to Central Colorado, the Bison industry consists of many small, family-owned, ranches. So you can be sure that your Bison is coming from a great location somewhere in North America where they care just as much as you do about your food.

Broadleaf is proud to be part of the Bison 1 Million Initiative which is a program that is helping restore the Bison population in North America.

By the 1880s, the Bison population had dwindled down to a mere 700 animals due to overhunting. Since then, conservationists have been able to steadily grow the population to 385,000 today in both private and wild herds. The Bison 1 Million Initiative is a program that hopes to bring the population to over 1 million by the year 2025.

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