The LOCKDOWN MEAT BOX is worth $200 with FREE DELIVERY for only $99. The LOCKDOWN MEAT BOX contains everything you and the household needs, filled with free range, grass fed, hormone and antibiotics free, hand reared lamb, beef and chicken – all grown locally here in Victoria.

What’s in the LOCKDOWN MEAT BOX
Skinless Chicken Thigh Fillets 2 x 500 gram packs (1kg)
Lamb Roast (1.5kg)
Free Range Eggs (12)
Porterhouse Steak (4 steaks) * if Porterhouse is unavailable will be replaced with Scotch Fillet Steaks (1 kilo)
Premium Beef Mince (1kg)
Traditional Sausages – a dozen (1 kilo)
Premium streaky (300 gram) and premium short Bacon (300 gram) (600g)

VALUED AT $200 FOR ONLY $99

ORDER NOW FOR DELIVERY THIS FRIDAY!

From our farm and terrain to your table, happy cooking !

The Castle Family.
https://castleestate.com.au/
Address: 191 Purrumbete Estate Rd, Koallah, VIC 3260
Telephone: +61 3 5594 5222
Email: info@castleestate.com.au

PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY
ORDER BY 8am TUESDAY 8th June
FOR DELIVERY 11th June or 12th June

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• Brain- boosting Omega 3 fatty acids
• Antioxidants that improve your immune system
• Contains every amino acid your body needs to make a complete protein building block
• 65% lower in fat than grain-fed beef
• Contains anti-cancer properties
• 4x higher in Vitamin I, E & K

• Tastes DELICIOUS!

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Because the better they live, the better they taste. 

Castle Estate upholds a ‘cool to be kind’ philosophy. A legacy of 100 years of humane farming practices speaks to the Castle family’s unwavering dedication to boutique animal rearing for premium quality meats.

Undeterred by demand, the Castle Estate ethos is guided by nature’s instincts, versus man’s greed, with a century of family-farming heritage upheld by the Victorian-based Castle clan.

A project of love, Castle Estate cultivates exemplary meat in alignment with nature’s course, free from artificial intervention or hormones. This means the animal is forever the focal point of care for the Castle family farmer, with tremendous respect shown in the trajectory undergone from paddock to plate.

“Compassion is paramount to us when it comes to rearing animals for the purpose of food. Ultimately, a stress-free, happy animal results in nutritious and consciously cultivated produce,” says Steven Castle.

The antithesis to feedlot feeding, Castle Estate animals are strictly ‘free range’, translating to a free-to-roam existence, free from the confinements and oppression of feedlot farming. The animal consumes grass naturally in daily paddock grazing, with none of the antibiotics intervention synonymous with the alternative of grain feeding.

The Castle way also omits any long-haul travel, with the paddocks situated on site in close proximity to the abattoir. This results in less stress for the animal, with no need for suffocating trucks piled high with animals together, or imprisonment prior to slaughter.

The overall experience for the animals is a better quality of life, freedom to roam expansive paddocks, shelter under the Castle Estate trees and sheds for winter’s cooler climes.

In stark juxtaposition to the inhumane conventions of factory farming, no lot feeding, free to roam and grass-fed only. Castle Estate celebrates each animal for whatever size and shape they grow to naturally – without fattening for slaughter – resulting in no two steaks looking exactly the same. It’s through this championing of animal diversity that Castle Estate shows its customers that quality and humanity can coexist in modern farming.

The philosophy of the Castle Family has always been, “the better they live, the better they taste”. And so from terrain to table, an enduring respect for the animal is balanced with a dedication to producing the most delicious produce for Australians to indulge in.

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Grass is the staple diet of all farm animals, it is the essence of their nutrition. To get consistency in meat we understand that many farmers use grain, this all began to power the masses and provide cheap meat – hence why 80% of consumers buy from supermarkets. Grain fed animals is all part of factory farming, the choice is yours if you choose grass fed or grain fed. We believe grass fed is best and we invite you to taste the difference for yourself. We can attest that when nature is followed the animal is healthy, happy and we can enjoy the health benefits.

WE BELIEVE YOU SHOULD ONLY EAT GRASS FED ANIMALS AS THAT IS MEAT, DONE BETTER.

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While feedlots help “drought-proof” Australia’s beef industry by ensuring a constant beef supply to domestic and international markets, there are growing concerns about animal welfare and its effect on the environment. Before we explore these concerns and more, let’s first define what feedlots are. 

What are Cattle Feedlots?

Feedlots are yarded areas where cattle, after being raised on pasture, are held in close confinement and fed in groups until they reach certain weights prior to being slaughtered. Here, cattle live in tightly confined spaces with hundreds if not thousands of other cows; they are fed excessive amounts of feeds and receive copious amounts of drugs (i.e., antibiotics) to keep them uncontaminated and alive. 

Although the industry is regulated and claims it follows environmental safety standards, in most cases, animals’ welfare in feedlots is mostly determined by the facility’s management. This leaves a huge gap for lapses in animal welfare and environmental concerns. 

1. Unhealthy Environments 

Feedlots are fenced-in outdoor areas where cows are crammed together to prevent them from exercising and obstructing the fattening process. The spaces are barren, lacking grass for cows to graze and trees for shade. Cattle have to stand in these small crowded areas in the ruminants of their own urine and faeces.

Feedlots can get very muddy when it rains, causing cows to become wet, cold, and dirty. When it gets hot during droughts or summer, the lots become dusty and dry. With the lack of shade coupled with excessive weight brought on by being fed increasingly heavy diets, cows often experience heat stress problems that can sometimes prove fatal. Currently, there’s no legal requirement for farmers to provide shelter to cows in feedlots.

1. Pollution

Feedlots produce huge amounts of animal waste and other pollutants that can be harmful to the environment. Feedlot waste is likely to contain cleaning agents, silage leachate, chemicals used in livestock care, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, ammonia, heavy metals, and milkhouse waste. 

This waste is often stored for a while in waste storage pits or structures before disposal on farm fields. This is where feedlot waste enters surface water, contaminating it, causing water pollution. Runoff of feedlot waste into water streams can be detrimental to fish and other aquatic life and can cause “dead zones” in coastal areas. Feedlots also cause air pollution due to ammonia, particulate matter, odour, greenhouse gases, and volatile organic compounds emissions. 

1. Artificial Diets

In natural environments, cows spend up to 12 hours grazing on grass; in a feedlot, they are fed a high-energy, high-fat diet of barley and wheat. However, the cow’s digestive system isn’t designed to continually consume corn or grain products, causing them to get sick often. As a result, they’re given a constant dose of antibiotics. Animals in feedlots are fed in this manner in order to reach the market weight requirements.

1. E. Coli Contamination

 E.coli bacteria are often found in animal waste, and since feedlots confine cows to small spaces filled with feacal matter, E. coli contamination is inevitable. Cows that are fed a high corn diet also have increased E. coli amounts in their digestive tracts. E- Coli contamination can cause illness in animals as well as humans.

1. Injury, Illness, and Early Death

Animals can suffer a wide range of injuries and illnesses in feedlots caused by the feedlot environment, dehydration, stress, unnatural diets, and transportation. The most common diseases include acidosis, botulism, bovine respiratory disease, pink eye (blight), footrot, tick fever, and feedlot bloating. 

Although most of these diseases are treatable, due to a large number of cows in the feedlot, sick cows might not  be identified early, resulting in death.

Conclusion

Confining animals in small areas where they can’t naturally graze as they should go against everything we stand for at Castle Estate. We believe animals must be free to roam and graze as nature intended- grass only, not grain-fed in lots. Grass-fed beef is also better than grain-fed beef as it has significantly lower levels of saturated fat and is higher in nutrients and antioxidants. But with 80% of all beef sold in the majority of domestic supermarkets sourced from the cattle feedlot sector, your best bet is to avoid buying meat from the supermarket. Order your weekly meat from Castle Estate.com.au.

Sources

• https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/animals-and-livestock/beef-cattle/husbandry/hormonal-growth-promotants/q-and-a
• https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/livestock/cattle/hormonal-growth-promotants
• https://www.al.org.au/feedlots/
• https://futurebeef.com.au/knowledge-centre/feedlots/#:~:text=Approximately%2040%25%20of%20Australia’s%20total,to%20over%20100%20international%20markets.
• https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/what-are-the-animal-welfare-issues-of-feedlots/

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At Castle Estate we turnover paddocks regularly, we don’t over breed, and we let nature take its course.  It is not about fast growing yield, it’s about sustainability in all areas of farming. The paddocks provide the most nutritionally balanced diet for farm animals which is essential for them to maintain optimal health. So it makes sense that a healthy animal will provide not only great tasting meat but meat with nutritional value that can bolster the health of the person consuming it.

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