A range of flavors

On Hawaii island, a festival answers the ‘where's the beef' question with delectable grass-fed cuts of meat

By Joleen Oshiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 26, 2012

~~<p>For the past 17 years, members of Hawaii island's ranching community have merged altruistic sensibility and marketing savvy to great success for Mealani's Taste of the Hawaiian Range and Agricultural Festival. Nearly 1,000 attendees enjoyed grass-fed beef, the star of the annual September event, as well as lamb, mutton, wild boar and goat.</p>
<p>Mealani refers to the Mealani Research Station in Waimea, part of the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Researchers there investigate products for Big Island farmers and ranchers. Mealani's grass-fed beef project, started in 1995, analyzes breeds and works with meat processors to refine processing. The beef is raised solely on grass without hormones or antibiotics.</p>
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For the past 17 years, members of Hawaii island's ranching community have merged altruistic sensibility and marketing savvy to great success for Mealani's Taste of the Hawaiian Range and Agricultural Festival. Nearly 1,000 attendees enjoyed grass-fed beef, the star of the annual September event, as well as lamb, mutton, wild boar and goat.

Mealani refers to the Mealani Research Station in Waimea, part of the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Researchers there investigate products for Big Island farmers and ranchers. Mealani's grass-fed beef project, started in 1995, analyzes breeds and works with meat processors to refine processing. The beef is raised solely on grass without hormones or antibiotics. Login for more...