La Cense Beef simply makes sense.

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Often, when we think about improving our nutrition, beef can take a beating. Overlooked is the fact that its protein content is a powerful nutrient that strengthens our bodies, and that it is rich in vitamin B12, riboflavin, niacin, iron, and zinc, all of which play an important role in a healthful lifestyle and disease prevention.

We, however, always have been fans of red meat, and La Cense Beef, Dillon, Mont., is a particular favorite. On an 88,000-acre ranch, hormone- and pesticide-free Black Angus cattle graze in a pristine, humane, and sustainable environment. With a focus on producing the cleanest, natural product that is superior in taste, quality, and nutrition, ranchers at La Cense Beef employ a highly sophisticated process of rotational grazing--giving back to the land and reducing the cattle's carbon footprint. La Cense does not use pesticides on their fields, nor are its cattle grain-fed, so fewer natural resources are used to raise the herd.

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La Cense Beef derives its unique flavor from the grasses and plants the cattle graze on as well as the humane and stress-free environment provided by the ranchers. Nutritionally, La Cense beef is lower in calories (a 6 oz. grass-fed steak has about 100 fewer calories than one from a grain-fed cow) and higher in Omega-3 fatty and conjugated linoleic acids. These have been shown to help reduce the risk of several types of cancer, diabetes, obesity, and certain immune disorders, and they...