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25.01.2022 "Good meat only seems so expensive because we eat meat like children taking bites out of the middle of sandwiches and throwing the rest away. Theres not yet a cow with an eternal supply of steaks, a pig that is all loin, or a chicken that is all boneless white meat. Most meat on cows, pigs and chickens is bound in hardworking muscles, and we tend to avoid it because it needs to be coerced into tenderness. Luckily, those hardworking muscles are more delicious than the idle o...nes." Tamar Adlers beautiful words about cooking are much admired here on the farm, and we totally agree with her sentiments about how to responsibly eat meat. People often enquire about our home delivered beef boxes and whether we can customise cuts. Our response is that our boxes are based on a nose to tail ethos, the same as what Tamar writes about. All the cuts from across the entire animal are shared amongst the boxes being delivered to households that week. This means that our customers receive cuts they may not have tried before but most quickly learn all these cuts are full of flavour and go on a new journey into slow cooking. Of course, for people who just want particular Dandaragan Organic Beef cuts they can head to one of the many butchers, independent supermarkets and health food stores that stock our grass fed organic beef.

24.01.2022 Iris, our new puppy on the farm, is a typical Labrador.....got to say hello to everyone, even if they are having a pleasant nap in the sunshine.

24.01.2022 It has been a crazy old year, and after much deliberation, we have decided to host the 2020 Farm Open Day on Saturday 12 September. Chef Stuart Laws is going to create an amazing paddock to plate experience for us all again and visitors will also get the opportunity to tour our organic farm. Tickets are open to just our DOB Collective members (you can still sign up to become a member) at this stage. Looking forward to another amazing day showing people around our organic farm and enjoying a paddock picnic like no other!

23.01.2022 Its winter, its cold and it is time for an old-time classic.... Beef Stroganoff, made with Dandaragan Organic Beef diced steak. The stroganoff has an interesting history, it is thought to have been named after Count Pavel Stroganoff, a Russian noble who was living the high life in the 1800s. Russian aristocrats would often hire French cooks and according to the cookbook A Taste of Russia, the original beef Stroganoff recipe derived from a basic French mustard for seasoning ...beef, combined with a dollop of Russian sour cream. In deference to his benefactor the chef named the dish after the Count. Beef Stroganoff had its heyday in the 50s and 60s but its reputation was tarnished by modern alterations such as adding canned cream of mushroom soup. None of that business here, our local Dandaragan foodie Jane Roberts has whipped up a Beef Stroganoff recipe that harks back to its traditional roots, and showcases the big beefy flavour of Dandaragan Organic Beef. You can find it here: https://dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au/recipes/ See more

23.01.2022 Foresight is the ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future. In the same way it takes foresight to plant an avenue of trees, it takes the same vision to change to sustainable production methods and to tread a different path to industry peers. We can all practice the same forward planning when we make daily purchases, those decisions that can support positive change or undermine it. Together we have the ability to make the world a better place.

23.01.2022 Just a reminder that the early bird ticket offer for our Farm Open Day finishes this Friday. The event is on Saturday 12 September 11am - 4pm and will feature and amazing paddock to plate picnic created by Chef Stuart Laws - including Dandaragan Organic Beef slow cooked asado style, wine tasting from Bindoon Estate and a chance to tour our organic farm. And Iris (our resident work boot stealer and pot plant chewer) will be on hand for pats and cuddles. https://dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au//farm-open-day-satur/

23.01.2022 It doesn't smell pretty but our composted chicken manure is the fuel that helps our big garden grow acres upon acres of organic pastures. Compost feeds the soil by building up soil biology and humus, enhancing water retention qualities and slow releasing nutrients to support plant growth. Our ethos is healthy soils, healthy plants, healthy animals, healthy people. Get the soil health right and we are most of the way there.

21.01.2022 LIMITED TICKETS are now available to our Farm Open Day on Saturday 12 September - there is an early bird sale till Friday 21 August. The day will feature a tour of our organic farm and an amazing paddock to plate picnic meal created by Chef Stuart Laws this will be a slow cooked, open fire asado experience plus amazing salads and sweet things to finish. Bindoon Estate will be on hand for wine sampling and 14 K Brewery will have their bespoke naturally fermented soft drinks available. If you are keen to have a organic farm experience and amazing meal of Dandaragan Organic Beef check out the link. Look forward to seeing you around the campfire at Noondel:) https://dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au//farm-open-day-satur/

21.01.2022 Our eight legged friends have been busy garlanding the rushes in the creek paddock. A lovely sight on a cold, dewy morning.

19.01.2022 One of the last bonfires of 2020. Our region is on restricted burning now as the weather warms up and the paddocks dry out. For a second year in a row, the winter rainfall was lower than our historic average. This drying climate makes it more important than ever to work smarter in how we manage the land by adopting regenerative farming practices that help increase the water holding capacity of the soil.

19.01.2022 Farms are a bit like huge gardens. In our particular garden we dont use chemicals, fungicides or pesticides, instead we apply compost and other trace minerals, and all year round we make sure that the soil is covered so that our precious topsoil does not blow or wash away. We use animals to mow the grass but we never let them overgraze it. These animals push nutrients back into the soil with their hard hooves, feeding the billions of subterranean microbes, but we dont let... them stay long in the one spot because those same hard hooves do damage. We plant grasses that have long taproots that survive hot dry months, thrive on summer rains and push carbon deep into the soil. We choose this way of farming because we are growing food for people. Like a homegrown tomato from a carefully tended backyard patch, our organic grass-fed beef is full of flavour and nutrition.To find out more about our organic farm and where to buy our family grown organic beef go to: http://dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au See more

17.01.2022 Magic weather, fabulous food and beautiful guests helped make our 2020 Dandaragan Organic Beef Farm Open Day such a happy event this year. On Saturday we opened the farm gates to 50 odd visitors and their children to learn more about organic and regenerative farming and to enjoy a true paddock to plate experience. Chef Stuart Laws cooked our organic grass fed beef to perfection while visitors went on a bus tour around the farm and a short history walk around the 150 year old ...Noondel homestead. Was lovely to meet so many people who are care about their food and how it is grown, and to see so many kids playing around the farm. Thankyou to all the visitors who supported the event and to Lawsie, Jane Roberts for the amazing food, 14k Brewery and Bindoon Estate for the drinks and to all our unsung helpers. Pics by Justine Eacott Photography, more pics to come! See more

17.01.2022 The farm is getting its winter coat on... misty mornings, dewy green grass and gentle afternoon sunlight. Looking forward to the July school holidays, its birthday season for the farm family so there will be a few bonfires with grilled DOB sausages, toasted marshmallows and mulled wine.

16.01.2022 Happy Friday from the farm's resident ratbag and compulsive chewer of sunglasses, goggles, boots, sneakers, pot plants, seatbelts...the list goes on!

16.01.2022 Home delivered, certified organic grass fed and grass finished beef, produced locally by Dandaragan Organic Beef. Filled with a great range of cuts, our organic beef boxes are a great way to feed your friends and family with delicious and nutritious organic beef. To find out more go to: https://dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au/shop/

16.01.2022 Is it the weekend yet?!! Happy Friday everyone!

16.01.2022 It's now more important than ever to support local businesses, and shopping at your trusted local butcher not only helps the WA economy and WA farmers, you will end up with a better quality product because the quality of meat will be better than what youre used to with the big supermarkets. Also a good butcher will let you know the best way to cook particular cuts of meat. To find out which butchers (and independent retailers) stock out beef, go to https://dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au/the-beef/

16.01.2022 Early morning checks with these young cow mums, who have started having their first ever calves. Like humans, first babies for cows can be a bit tricky sometimes, which is why we keep a close eye on this herd.

15.01.2022 Monday morning soundtrack..... "Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise. Fleetwood Mac.

14.01.2022 Dandaragan Organic Beef just went through its annual Australian Certified Organic audit. It is when we sit down with an auditor and go through exactly how we have managed our land and cattle over the past 12 months. The ACO auditor checks the farm, finances, inputs and outputs and our supply chains. When you buy certified organic you can be assured that all operators with the BUD logo go through exactly same process. In a world full of marketing terms that confuse consumers, certified organic means no chemicals, no fungicides or insecticides, no hormones, no antibiotics, no synthetic fertilisers or GMOs. Instead it is a food production that is focused on linking: Soil. Plants. Animals. Food. People. Environment.

14.01.2022 The original section of the Noondel homestead, was built in the 1860s by Scottish born shepherd Ewen Mackintosh, who became an important pastoralist in the Dandaragan area, acquiring 40,000 acres in three separate leases in the 1850s-60s. The building he constructed on Noondel has an unusual shape featuring coursed random rubble construction with a steeply pitched corrugated iron hipped roof, which was originally covered in shingles. In the 1880s John Cook purchased the property and it has since housed generations of the Cook family.

14.01.2022 Visitors to the 2020 Dandaragan Organic Beef Farm Open day got to see first hand how an organic and regenerative cattle farm runs, and learnt about how this type farming can protect the environment, lock carbon away and produce nutritious food. Visitors also got a history tour, including a wander down to our regenerated Minyulo Brook. This area is where the farm name, Noondel, is derived from it means watershed in the Yued language. Before European settlement the area was not so much a creek but rather a waterway that shed out across the land. As we have revegetated the waterway and slowed the creek flow, the land is returning to how it was and the water is again shedding out over the landscape as it used to bringing in huge amounts of birdlife and biodiversity.

14.01.2022 Its now more important than ever to support local businesses, and shopping at your trusted local butcher not only helps the WA economy and WA farmers, you will end up with a better quality product because the quality of meat will be better than what youre used to with the big supermarkets. Also a good butcher will let you know the best way to cook particular cuts of meat. To find out which butchers (and independent retailers) stock out beef, go to https://dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au/the-beef/

13.01.2022 Curious moos checking out the action during the drone shoot the other day. Our animals are moved regularly and are handled with low stress stock handling methods, which means they are quiet and calm around people. Drones on the other hand are something new they are not too sure about yet!

13.01.2022 The lumps you can see in this pic are big tussocks of Gatton Panic, a type of perennial pasture that grows in the summer months (and in a warm winter). At the end of August, as the soil warms we will prepare the next part of the farm to be sown with Gatton Panic and other species of perennial pastures. Their long roots will eventually drill deep into the soil, seeking out moisture and nutrients, holding the soil together in the long summer months and sucking carbon from the air and depositing it at depth.

12.01.2022 Monday morning views with the moos

12.01.2022 One of the big differences you find with Dandaragan Organic Beef compared to other beef brands is that all our organic grass fed beef comes from the one farm and the one family. We believe that knowing exactly where your food has come from and how it has been produced is really important because we can ensure that our animals are reared with respect. And when consumers care about this too - they can make big differences to animal welfare and to ensuring farming becomes more sustainable.

12.01.2022 Dandaragan Organic Beef - premium, grass fed beef packed with flavour and nutrition. West Australian grown with the highest standards of sustainable farming and animal welfare. Fore more information go to dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au

12.01.2022 Spring is a beautiful time in Dandaragan and the community is celebrating with a weekend of activities. Its the perfect weekend to discover a different part of Western Australia, and now with the North Link road, it is less than two hours drive from Perth. The Dandaragan Organic Beef Farm Open day is also on Saturday 12 September (head to dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au/shop to find tickets). @Dandaragan Way

11.01.2022 Lots of big smiles around Dandaragan - finally a decent drop of rain with gauges filling up by more than an inch in the last couple of days. So great to see mud and overflowing creeks again. For us, plentiful rain means growing more pasture to keep our cattle well fed and happy throughout the year.

11.01.2022 Can't resist a rainbow pic! Happy Friday!

10.01.2022 Usually the DOB team Tracey Cook and Richard Cooper is behind the camera for many of our farm pics. But Sarina Mieze kindly grabbed a few snaps of us, and the usual rag tag band of dogs, out and about on the farm recently. @muscipulaa_ @mieze_catta

10.01.2022 Sometimes you just have to look up to find something to make you smile.

07.01.2022 We were lucky enough to have a visit from Sarina Mieze, a talented photographer from Germany, who snapped some great pics around the farm. She got some amazing drone footage over our organic farm which we cant wait to share. And Moose the overgrown pet steer worked the camara too! @muscipulaa_ @mieze_catta

07.01.2022 Cant resist a rainbow pic! Happy Friday!

07.01.2022 School holiday shenanigans on the farm....How many tree guards can you carry in one go? Turns out 15 is the winning number!

06.01.2022 It does not matter just how many boots she chews, we still think Iris is very cute.

06.01.2022 Joan and David Cook, founders of Dandaragan Organic Beef. Nearly 20 years ago these two decided to make a big change and convert their entire 7300 acre farm to certified organic. This was well before organic food was trendy and well before many people even knew what organic farming was. Our Farm Open Day visitors really enjoyed meeting Joan and David and hearing first hand about why and how they became trailblazers in organic and regenerative farming world. Though at the time they did not know they were becoming leaders in this field, they just wanted to grow healthy nutritious food.

06.01.2022 One of the really valuable things about our annual Farm Open Day is the opportunity to meet people who choose Dandaragan Organic Beef to feed their family and friends. As farmers we believe that we are not just producing a commodity, we are growing healthy, nutrient dense food for people. Our Farm Open Day is an important way to close the loop between producer and consumer, and share an amazing paddock to plate feast at the same time.

05.01.2022 Under two weeks until we welcome visitors to our organic farm to enjoy a sensational open fire slow cooked barbecue in the paddock and to learn more about how organic beef is produced. Tickets still available to this unique experience. https://dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au//farm-open-day-satur/

04.01.2022 It doesnt smell pretty but our composted chicken manure is the fuel that helps our big garden grow acres upon acres of organic pastures. Compost feeds the soil by building up soil biology and humus, enhancing water retention qualities and slow releasing nutrients to support plant growth. Our ethos is healthy soils, healthy plants, healthy animals, healthy people. Get the soil health right and we are most of the way there.

04.01.2022 Come flying over our organic farm with this video created by Sarina Mieze, @muscipulaa_ @mieze_catta Such a great perspective of our free ranging cattle, our revegetated creek line and perennial pastures.

04.01.2022 The original section of the Noondel homestead, was built in the 1860's by Scottish born shepherd Ewen Mackintosh, who became an important pastoralist in the Dandaragan area, acquiring 40,000 acres in three separate leases in the 1850s-60s. The building he constructed on Noondel has an unusual shape featuring coursed random rubble construction with a steeply pitched corrugated iron hipped roof, which was originally covered in shingles. In the 1880s John Cook purchased the property and it has since housed generations of the Cook family.

03.01.2022 Friday night fun night on the farm. DOB burgers are just too easy to make, the kids love them and these organic grass fed beef patties are packed full of flavour and nutrition. You can find DOB burgers in our home delivered organic beef boxes (we make ours with our DOB mince, no filler used). You can also head to one of the outlets that stock Dandaragan Organic Beef to create your own tasty take-in treat.

03.01.2022 It is a while since we have had a 40 degree day, but the hot weather is now upon us. The best time of the day is early in the morning to get jobs done before it gets too hot. Our animals get checked or moved daily to make sure that they have adequate water, food and shade to get through the heat of the day.

02.01.2022 One of the exciting parts of our Farm Open Day is seeing Chef Stuart Laws loves cooking Dandaragan Organic Beef over coals in the big farm cauldron, and Saturday was the perfect weather for it too - sunny with temperature in the low 20s and a gentle breeze. Combined with a glass of Bindoon Estate wine (which is made from grapes grown in a certified organic vineyard) it was a stunning paddock picnic day.

01.01.2022 Cows are very inquisitive creatures. This mob of little weaners are super nosy about any activity happening in their vicinity. Because our animals are always treated with care and respect, they are quite happy to get up close and personal with weird two legged animals that happen to be hanging out in their paddock.

01.01.2022 Countdown is on for our annual Farm Open Day. Only a handful of tickets left if you want to experience a true paddock to plate and organic farm experience! Chef Stuart Laws has come up with a sensational menu for us - cant wait!! https://dandaraganorganicbeef.com.au//farm-open-day-satur/ @BindoonEstate @14KBrewery