"What's Your Beef" Report Released
Fri May 18, 2012
Once again, another report confirms that feeding cattle on grass throughout their life-cycle is the most environmentally sustainable way to raise beef. The National Trust released those findings in its report, "What's Your Beef," and further reinforced that effective grassland management supports a wide range of ecosystem services, including managing our water resources, biodiversity, and carbon capture and storage.
Fork in the Road's Hot Dogs and Hot Links are made from pasture-raised beef. Our cattle ranchers practice integrated, holistic farming that plans and manages for land stewardship. Ultimately, our goal is to do more than reduce our impact on the world around us — it’s to build a more resilient and healthier Earth.
Mon April 2, 2012
Fork in the Road cordially invites you to view and celebrate the film "Fresh," which will be shown at the Sonoma International Film Festival April 13 and 15. "Fresh" celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system through sustainable practices. The documentary features our friend Russ Kremer, who supplies Fork in the Road with the heirloom pork that we use in many of our products. Russ will be holding forums after each screening to discuss his practices and the future of the sustainable farming movement. As a sponsor of the festival, Fork in the Road will also be serving up some of its sustainable, family-farmed meats throughout the event. Come join us!
Screening Times
Friday April 13th at 10:00am- Sebastiani Winery
Sunday April 15th at 4:45pm- Sonoma Community Center
FDA Ordered To Limit Antibiotic Use In Livestock
Fri March 23, 2012
The government may soon ban the use of popular antibiotics in livestock animals, which can endanger public health. A federal magistrate judge ruled March 23 that the FDA must withdraw approval for most non-therapeutic uses of antibiotics in animal feed unless, in public hearings, the drug use in animals is proven safe for humans. In its decision, the court stated: "Research has shown that the use of antibiotics in livestock leads to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can be — and has been — transferred from animals to humans through direct contact, environmental exposure, and the consumption and handling of contaminated meat and poultry products." Fork in the Road only sources animals that were raised on family farms and that were never treated with antibiotics.
Oakland Unified Schools Adopt Healthier Foods
Fri February 17, 2012
Oakland Unified School District has gotten a jump start on the nation's new USDA school nutrition guidelines, introducing healthier foods and upgrades to dozens of kitchens. As part of the changes, Oakland's public schools have partnered with Fork in the Road to serve our hot dogs! As always, these kid-friendly franks have no antibiotics, added hormones, added nitrates, nitrites, or gluten.
Recipe: Jambalaya With Fork In The Road Hot Links
Fri February 3, 2012
Our friends at Diestel Family Ranch developed a recipe for Jambalaya using Fork in the Road Hot Links! It's a great blend of lean turkey thighs, a punch of heat from our Hot Links, and all the traditional spicy Creole seasonings and fixins'.
Food Justice About Both Farmer And Eater
Fri January 27, 2012
Slow Food USA President Josh Viertel discusses the struggles of food justice from both a farmer's perspective and from a low-income consumer's standpoint. In order for small farmers to make ends meet, prices must be a bit higher; but if prices are higher, than many consumers can no longer afford them. At Fork in the Road, we source exclusively from small family farmers and pay them above-commodity prices for their humanely raised animals so that they can sustain their way of life for generations to come.
Exposed Food Inc. Farmer Turns Sustainable
Sun January 15, 2012
After getting called out for its inhumane industrialized chicken-raising practices in the hit documentary "Food Inc." a Maryland farm has turned in a more sustainable direction. Carole and Frank Morison ended their contract with mega poultry processor Perdue Farms, and is now raising a flock of 500 pasture-raised hens on what has become Maryland's first Animal Welfare Approved farm. Fork in the Road buys from similar independent, family farms that are committed to sustainable and humane practices — some of which used to raise commodity animals like the Morisons until more recently.
FDA Prohibits Giving Popular Antibiotic To Animals
Fri January 6, 2012
On Jan. 5, the FDA issued an order that prohibits giving cephalosporin – a popular class of antibiotics – to cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys. Banning its administration is intended to reduce the risk of resistance to antibiotics among humans. While 100% of Fork in the Road’s products are made from animals that were never given antibiotics, we absolutely applaud the FDA’s bold step in making the food system healthier for all.
Harmful Bacteria Widespread In Commodity Meat Supply
Thu December 29, 2011
Commodity meat is perhaps even more contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria than we thought. A recent nonprofit study found that nearly half of all the meat brands it tested contained bacteria that can cause anything from minor skin infections to pneumonia and sepsis. And half of those bacteria are resisitant to at least three classes of antibiotics. Mark Bittman of The New York Times argues that by ignoring this issue, the FDA has sacrificed public health, food quality and animal welfare to the profits that can be made by raising animals in factories. At Fork in the Road, all our animals are raised on independent family farms and are never given antibiotics.
FDA Refuses To Limit Antibiotic Use In Farm Animals
Tue December 20, 2011
In a recent decision, the Food and Drug Administration denied two longstanding petitions asking to limit the routine feeding of antibiotics to farm animals, which has been shown to negatively affect human health. With about 80% of all antibiotics administered in the US going to animals, its overuse increases the likelihood of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. To prevent damage to animals, human health and the environment, Fork in the Road only makes high-quality meats from animals that were never given antibiotics or hormones. Ever.
