PROVENANCE THE TRUE AUSSIE BEEF & LAMB STORY 3 menu-ready opportunities Culinary ideation & support Unsurpassed quality &flavor A TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Why Australia? 2 2. The Aussie way 4 3. Aussie lamb 12 4. Aussie beef 18 5. Aussie goat 26 6. Three menu-ready opportunities 30 7. Always the star 38 8. The mindful movement 42 9. Aussie support 44 10. Guide to cuts of Aussie beef, lamb and goat 46 Produced by Meat & Livestock Australia - North America Suite 550, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005 Answering today’s 1. WHY demands Today, it’s pretty obvious that most Apart from the important narrative around consumers care about where their sourcing, you need to be able to serve up AUSTRALIA? food comes from. They care about today’s menu trends in new and delightful animal husbandry and sustainability. ways. Aussie beef and lamb are delicious, so We care, too. It’s the Aussie way, that’s good, for a start. They also shine in coded into the DNA of our ranchers many of today’s biggest trends—from next- and farmers, and carried all the way level tacos to modern bowl builds. We’re Life on the land from paddock to plate. ready to help with creative approaches that deliver craveable results. By serving Aussie beef and lamb, you’re Australia is a special place. It’s got more than 200 years building that important emotional under its belt producing high quality beef and lamb. We’re connection with your guests, letting them know you care about sourcing and proud of that legacy and we’re proud of our product, raised sustainability. It also signals careful attention by generations of family farmers. We reckon there’s no to quality and flavor. Get credit for that thoughtful menu development! Let them better place to grow cattle and sheep. Lush green pastures. know your product is ace, and that it comes Seriously wide open spaces. Freedom to roam, grazing from the land Down Under. naturally on our rich grasslands. These animals live a beautiful, stress-free life that yields a delicious, high quality product. Ethically treated, naturally raised, with impeccable quality standards, Aussie beef and lamb stand as our country’s best ambassadors. We invite you on a virtual walkabout to learn why we are one of the most trusted sources of beef, lamb and goatmeat in the world. True Aussie Beef & Lamb offers culinary support designed to help you maximize the opportunity with our grassfed beef and lamb. We’d love to serve up culinary training for your team, or help with creative, on-trend menu development. We’re ready when you are! 2 3 2. THE Always AUSSIE WAY learning Aussie family farmers are constantly working on ways For our ranchers and packers, sustainability isn’t just a to lessen their impact on the buzz word. It’s a way of life. Care for the animals and the planet and help our ranching environment isn’t a touchy-feely endeavor here—it’s traditions continue for good business. We need to take proper care of our land generations to come. because so much of our livestock is raised on it. Sure, our vast green pastures and natural grasslands make for a pretty postcard, but they also foster our livelihood. That ensures that we’re deeply invested in sustainable practices. After all, Aussie beef and lamb are not only our livelihood, but they’re our legacy. -65% REDUCED THEIR WATER USE by more than 65% in the last 30 years -14% REDUCED INTENSITY OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Luxurious from their animals by 14% accommodations 4 5 The Get credit for such a smart choice good life We put a lot of effort into ensuring the top quality of Aussie beef and lamb. It Aussie livestock lives a rich life, roaming and We wish you could all visit Australia to take in would be a shame if all that work and attention to detail doesn’t translate for you. Roy Villacrusis grazing over large, open spaces. They graze the vastness and beauty of this country, and Sharing our story makes it part of your story. Touting on your menu that your Executive Chef, Asiatic Group native and improved pasture varieties—a see how these animals are raised. meat is grassfed, or pasture-raised, or humanely grown, or wet aged for natural product of a natural environment. 30 days—all of these convey value and integrity. Menu Aussie beef and lamb so Steward of your guests know that you care about sourcing, sustainability, safety and quality. the land According to a 2017 Menu Matters survey for Meat & Livestock Australia, “Aussie grassfed beef has consumers link the term “grassfed” with the following three values... worked really well for my Animal welfare Better taste More natural recipes. Its lean but deep meatiness lends itself to the bold flavors of this Vietnamese sandwich. I love working with Nutrient-rich Aussie grassfed beef for its grass reliable and consistent quality.” This Aussie Grassfed Beef Banh Mi, developed by Roy Villacrusis, Executive Chef at Asiatic Group, sees thinly sliced rare strip steak, pickled vegetables, pâté, Brie, red sorrel, cilantro, jalapeño, all tucked into a toasted French baguette slathered with 6 Kewpie mayonnaise. 7 The food safety Let’s talk about those lecture food miles We know this topic can be a bit dry, but The Australian industry operates under Look, we know what you’ve Production and The Journal of Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, energy demand, we also know that food safety is critical to independently audited Quality Assurance The Australian cattle heard—sourcing meat from so far Systems. Second, food miles were found not water use and land occupation. So if you everything you do—True Aussie Beef & Lamb programs. We have a legislated national and sheep industries away has to be damaging to both to be an accurate indicator of environmental can’t use food miles as the measure for takes that very seriously. Our trace-back whole-of-life traceability program in place adhere to stringent the planet and the product. That’s impact. We’ve got science on our side whether something is grown sustainably systems are second to none—we tick all the and a national vendor declaration program animal welfare just not right. here: researchers from the University of —what do you use? We suggest looking to boxes with food safety and quality; we follow to assure the continued high animal and standards enforced by Arkansas and the Queensland University the provenance of the product. Supporting stringent rules on processing, packaging and product health status of Aussie beef and legislation. First, those “food miles” that carry beef and of Technology conducted a Life Cycle ranchers who are truly committed to the shipping quality. Australia has a long history lamb sent to market. lamb from Australia to the U.S. account for Assessment on our beef and lamb headed to well-being of the land and the welfare of the of safe and successful beef and lamb exports less than 5% of greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S., a tool that investigates the whole animals—that’s what counts. We reckon you and is very proud of its food safety record. water and energy use, according to recent production system, used to investigate won’t find a more committed, meticulous research published in The Journal of Cleaner multiple environmental impacts, such as group than us Aussies. Integrity and traceability Halal Australia is a world leader in animal with the checks and balances of the national they left the packing facility. All Australian identification and traceability. Since 2005, vendor declaration, Australia’s leadership export meat packing plants are regulated and certified nationwide legislation requires all livestock in traceability procedures ensures its inspected by the Australian government and on farms to be linked to the National biosecurity, food safety, product integrity our systems are licensed and regularly audited Livestock Identification System (NLIS). This and access in more than 120 world markets. by our counterparts in the United States to traceability system logs the movements of Our packing sector employs state-of-the- ensure that Australia adheres to standards electronically-tagged individual cattle and art technologies to ensure that Australian that are equivalent to or exceed those of U.S. flock-tagged sheep as they move through beef and lamb are delivered to market in inspected meat plants. the supply chain to processing plant. Teamed the same high quality condition in which Australia is a trusted “We evaluated a number of sustainable practices, supplier of halal beef culinary standards, food safety procedures and humane practices before making the decision to Wet aging for the win and lamb to Muslim switch to beef from Australia. We highly value markets around the Australian beef because the cattle are grassfed, And guess what? That journey to America? in the meat break down and loosen up to humanely raised on pasture, added hormone and It actually improves our already tasty produce a more tender product. We’re world. All lamb and antibiotic free, and halal certified. Additionally, the product! Fresh beef and lamb are vacuum- proud to share that our naturally aged beef much of the grassfed packed to maintain quality, inhibit bacterial and lamb boast a fresh/chilled shelf life beef is container shipped to the U.S., which is one beef that comes into the of the most sustainable and efficient methods of growth and ensure extended shelf life. That of up to 120 days for beef and 90 days for Eric Montell transporting food.