Buckhead Beef's, Certified Angus Beef, Fresh From Florida

A Local, Sustainable Product

Fresh From Florida

- Today's consumers are becoming more and more curious and essentially well-educated on where their food comes from; demands for niche markets such as 'local' have grown exponentially

- Buying local within the state is a step towards greater sustainability

- Ultimately reduce 'food miles' from farm to fork

- Strengthen the economic base of our state and communities

- Because our customers and your consumers are our neighbors, providing a high quality, safe and wholesome product is of the utmost importance

- Together as a community, we can infinitely reduce our carbon footprint just by choosing Buckhead Beef's, Certified Angus Beef, Fresh From Florida!

Suwannee Farms, LLC - O'Brien, FL

- Joe and Kenneth Hall

- 5 barns with 1,000 cattle in each; 5,000 acre farm

- Cattle are fed in the fields until they're about 700 lbs. and then finished out on feed in the barns

- Feed is grown on-site; primarily corn silage

- Efficient facility that helps to lower greenhouse gases and reduce our dependency on foreign oil

- Turning manure into power; sells to Suwannee Valley Electric Coop.

- Member of Suwannee River Partnership that assist farms in protecting the environment from a technical and funding aspect

- "We are committed to economic and environmental sustainability" - Kenneth Hall

- Once qualified cattle are finished at approximately 1,200 pounds they're sold to...

A Bit of History/ Info

Central (Chernin) Beef Industries, LLC - Center Hill, FL

- 500th Anniversary of Juan Ponce DeLeon's discovery of Florida; origin of the first cattle to reach the new land

- Florida is the 10th largest beef-producing state in the nation with close to 1 million head of beef cattle; #1 in cow/calf operations

- Excited to be one of the first to have the ability to combine the Certified Angus Beef program with Fresh From Florida

- There's no need to sacrifice great quality to meet the demands of consumers; end result = a happy consumer with a delectable and satisfying eating experience

- Products that are Fresh From Florida give you the advantage of getting to know your producers and processors

- Join us in celebrating our Florida heritage!

Buckhead Beef - Auburndale, FL

- Family owned processing facility; Adam and Alex Chernin

- Newly remodeled

- Incoming Florida cattle are inspected to ensure they meet CAB's 10 specifications http://www.certifiedangusbeef.com/brand/specs.php

- After the cattle are humanely slaughtered, carcasses are further processed into primal and sub-primal cuts of beef

- NEED TO REQUEST MORE INFO ON HISTORY AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES**

- Set specifications must be met before the product is packaged and shipped to...

- Boxed beef is further processed into premium cut steaks

- Sysco Specialty Meat Company; 2003

- Committed to providing exemplary service and maximizing customer satisfaction

- Operated in a cost efficient manner

- Ranked the Certified Angus Beef® program’s highest honor of #1 for the previous nine years

- Sysco Corporation has introduced the Buckhead Beef brand as the preeminent cut steak brand found in operating companies east of the Rocky Mountains

- In addition to processing over 20 million pounds of cut steaks and ground beef annually, Buckhead Beef of Florida currently stocks one of the largest inventories of Dry Aged, USDA Prime and premium brands such as Certified Angus Beef® in the United States

- Continually providing high quality, consistent hand cut steaks