Beef from Pasture to Plate

By Celeste Laurent/Farm to Fork

Kentucky is home to 38,000 beef farmers and more cattle than any other state east of the Mississippi River.

Growing up on a family beef cattle farm, I know first-hand that Kentucky farmers play an integral part in producing American beef.

This process is much more complex than people often realize. There are four different stages of beef production before your beef products ever reach the grocery store.

Below is an interactive media collage illustrating the path Kentucky beef cattle take from birth to the grocery store. Click on the play button or use the slider to move through the collage.