PLANET ORGANICS AND MARIN SUN FARMS
BRING HOME THE BEEF
EXPAND BAY AREA DISTRIBUTION OF GRASS-FED, LOCALLY AND SUSTAINABLY GROWN MEAT
CUSTOMER RESPONSE “OVERWHELMING”
South San Francisco (February 08, 2007) — Responding to customers’ requests, Planet Organics (www.PlanetOrganics.com),
the Bay Area’s most-respected source for home-delivered organic and
sustainably grown food has teamed up with Marin Sun Farms to distribute
the farms’ renowned beef products.
Based in Pt. Reyes, Marin Sun Farms
(marinsunfarms.com) produces 100% grass-fed, pasture-raised beef
primarily for Bay Area consumers. A leading local proponent of
sustainable agriculture, Marin Sun produces 100% grass-fed beef that
has a rich and robust flavor not found in conventionally produced beef.
Their grass-fed beef, which is transitioning to complete organic
certification, contains substantially less fat than grain-fed meet.
Moreover, the types of fat found in the grass-fed variety are much
healthier, according to food scientists.
Planet Organics’ initial order for a week’s supply of
Marin Sun’s hamburger meat sold out the first day it was offered on the
company’s online ordering site.
“We knew our customers wanted Marin Sun products, but
we were overwhelmed by the demand,” said Larry Bearg, co-owner of
Planet Organics.
Bearg is now tripling his orders for the farm’s
hamburger meat, and beginning to offer additional Marin Sun products,
including flank and flatiron steak, hot dogs and Navajo-Churro lamb.
Planet Organics delivers throughout the Bay Area, as
far south as San Jose, north to Petaluma and east as far as Livermore
Bay. Bay area residents can order online at www.planetorganics.com.
According to Marin Sun Farms owner, David Evans, the
new relationship “relieves us of much of the effort we have had to
spend on distributing our food and frees us to focus more on raising
animals and packaging products. Over time, this will enable us to scale
up our production to meet the tremendous demand. We are striving to
make the closest possible connection from farm to table.”
Marin Sun Farms meats will continue to be
available at a handful of retail outlets, farmers markets and co-ops in
the Bay Area as well as on the menus at over two dozen area restaurants
including Chez Panisse and the Acme Chophouse.
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About Planet Organics
Planet Organics is a small family-owned company dedicated to delivering
the freshest organic produce, groceries and prepared meals to homes
throughout the Bay Area. Since 1997, owners Larry Bearg and Lorene Reed
have been sourcing organic and natural foods directly from local
farmers and artisans, selecting the highest quality and widest possible
variety of foods, backed by premium customer care for busy families.
Subscribers order weekly home deliveries via the company’s easy-to-use
website. Planet Organics is committed to socially responsible business
practices, and donates up to 4 percent of its profits to the eScrip
program for local schools. To sign up for the service, visit www.planetorganics.com.
About Marin Sun Farms
Pt Reyes-based Marin Sun Farms is a small family-owned farm committed
to producing and marketing local, pasture-based food for the Bay Area.
Marin Sun Farms raises its own livestock and also purchases them from
partner ranchers who fill in seasonal gaps in production. Most of its
pasture land is now organically certified and the farm is working
toward certification of the rest of the land and animals. It is also
working with its partner ranchers to eventually obtain complete
certification. No animals are ever given growth hormones or
administered low level or fed antibiotics. The farm’s ruminant
livestock are 100% grass-fed and pasture raised their entire lives,
with no consumption of grain or by-product supplements. They never set
hoof in a confinement feedlot. Non-ruminant livestock (chickens) are
pasture raised and allowed to choose their diet from the pasture and
organics grains that are also provided. Visit their website at www.marinsunfarms.com.
