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Healthiest, Most Delicious Red Meat - American Ostrich Farms
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Healthiest, Most Delicious Red Meat - American Ostrich Farms

January 18, 2023

Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in food and beverage but unsure what to expect? Then read up on Go Solo's interview with Alex McCoy, Founder and CEO of American Ostrich Farms, located in Kuna, ID, USA.

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Wait, There's an Ostrich Farm in Kuna?

Wait, There's an Ostrich Farm in Kuna?

January 17, 2023

City Cast Boise is a daily news podcast where curiosity and passion for Boise meet. Host Emma Arnold, local comedian and podcaster, recently spoke with AOF founder, Alex McCoy. Follow along with their conversation on the City Cast website, or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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You Know the Place Visits AOF

You Know the Place Visits AOF

January 17, 2023

Produced in association with NPR and Boise State Public Radio, You Know the Place explores the Idaho stores, shops, clubs, and pubs you always pass by, but never seem to visit. Hosts LD and Joel spent an afternoon at American Ostrich Farms, getting answers to their most burning questions. Listen to the full episode online at the You Know the Place website or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Idaho Press
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Kuna's American Ostrich Farms brings lesser-known protein to the table

November 29, 2022

Alex McCoy needed a cheat day, writes Idaho Press reporter Erin Banks Rusby. During his training for the Ironman Triathlon, McCoy had avoided red meat and alcohol. But when cheat day cravings rolled in, he found himself with the opportunity to eat ostrich meat, a red meat with consistency similar to grass-fed beef.

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Idaho News 6
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An alternative to Turkey? More like beef. Meet local business American Ostrich Farms

November 29, 2022

Earlier this month, Geneva Zoltek of Idaho News 6 visited Sustainable Meats, Idaho's newest livestock processing establishment located at American Ostrich Farms in Kuna.  She learned that ostrich is a red meat that's similar to grass-fed beef, with a fraction of the fat content, and a much smaller environmental impact. 

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Eye on Sun Valley
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Sun Valley Institute for Resilience Funds Native’s Ostrich Farm

October 31, 2022

Impact Idaho Fund, a project of the Sun Valley Institute for Resilience, has invested in Sustainable Meats south of the Boise Airport near in Kuna. The facility is a subsidiary of American Ostrich Farms, led by Founder and CEO Alex McCoy.

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THE THIRD WAY: OSTRICH MEAT AND THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

THE THIRD WAY: OSTRICH MEAT AND THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

March 28, 2020

In light of the recent Paris Climate Deal, many conscientious consumers are working toward implementing small changes to decrease their carbon footprint. Authorities recommend such steps as taking public transit instead of driving, investing in energy-efficient appliances, and supporting local agriculture, among other tweaks.

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Treasure Valley’s American Ostrich Farms promotes food sustainability, consumer health
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Treasure Valley’s American Ostrich Farms promotes food sustainability, consumer health

March 01, 2019

When Alexander McCoy, founder and CEO of American Ostrich Farms, first tried ostrich meat, he was training for a full-length Ironman triathlon in South Africa. He was amazed at how much the meat tasted like beef, but what was most surprising was the energy he had after he ate it. After consuming his first ostrich steak, he ran 15 miles and soon fell in love with not just the flavor, but with its low fat, low cholesterol and rich iron properties.

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The Future Of Food With Integrity: Chipotle & AOF
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The Future Of Food With Integrity: Chipotle & AOF

January 28, 2019

Eight food-focused, growth-stage ventures selected to participate in the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation's Aluminaries Project, to accelerate positive change in the food industry by participating in an accelerator program to take their businesses to the next level and work toward cultivating a better world.

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Ostrich: the new red meat
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Ostrich: the new red meat

August 04, 2018

"Ostriches represent a red meat that is far superior to anything you can buy," says owner of American Ostrich Farms Alexander McCoy.

"In a few years time, 2 years to 15 years, you're going to see ostrich everywhere, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when."

I spoke with the owner of American Ostrich Farms Alexander McCoy, who says he discovered ostrich meat while living in South Africa, training for Ironman.

"I got sick of eating chicken, chicken eggs, chicken breast. and i found ostrich, its 97 percent fat free, lower in cholesterol, higher in iron, extremely healthy for you but it tastes just like beef," says McCoy.

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Ostrich: The Other Red Meat

Ostrich: The Other Red Meat

September 26, 2016

In early September, Banger’s, a sausage house and beer garden in Austin, Texas, was hosting its monthly whole-animal roast. But the centerpiece of the dinner didn’t look like anything you might expect. After meeting some people with a connection to an ostrich grower, executive chef Ted Prater had wrangled himself a whole ostrich at a cost of about $1,000. He’d cooked ostrich in the past, but “whole animal cookery is different,” he said—and especially so when it comes to the famously tall bird.

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What's Cooking? Ostrich … for Dinner
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What's Cooking? Ostrich … for Dinner

August 26, 2016

...at least that’s what Alexander McCoy has dedicated his life to making happen!  McCoy is a former finance guy who turned ostrich farmer after training for an Ironman competition.

McCoy: “I was in South Africa, and I found this 97 percent fat-free red meat, and I pretty much just started eating it daily.”

Ostriches are the world’s largest birds. But their meat does not taste like chicken. Instead, it resembles beef in taste, color and texture. So it could be a way for Americans to eat burgers and steaks without doing as much harm to their own health or the environment.

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Ancient Bird, Modern Meal

Ancient Bird, Modern Meal

June 15, 2016

Strutting around the arid farmland of rural Kuna, the McCoys’ ostrich flock moves with prehistoric swagger, bobbing their heads and shaking their feathers as they size up visitors approaching their enclosure.

“A lot of people liken them to dinosaurs. In a way, they are kind of a relic,” said Boyd Clark, vice president of the board of directors for the American Ostrich Association, a national trade organization for the US ostrich industry. Ostriches’ lineage can be traced back 20 million years to the Miocene period, an age when many modern animal families began to appear.

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Kuna farm looks to raise ostrich for your dinner

Kuna farm looks to raise ostrich for your dinner

April 19, 2016

On 20 acres in Kuna, bird is the word and that bird is ostrich.
 
Alex McCoy gave up his career in banking to embark on a new business adventure to bring the world's largest bird to your dinner table.
 
He started American Ostrich Farms. From eggs so big they would make the golden goose jealous, to the chicks that grow six feet in just six months, American Ostrich Farms says it uses state-of-the-art technology to be environmentally sustainable. McCoy also says they don't use hormones or antibiotics and that the birds don't taste like chicken, but steak. McCoy says they are the unsung hero for the protein aficionado.

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Ostrich rancher expects to make big strides this year

Ostrich rancher expects to make big strides this year

April 04, 2016

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The Little-Known Red Meat That's More Sustainable Than Beef

The Little-Known Red Meat That's More Sustainable Than Beef

March 31, 2016

“It’s a bird, but it tastes like a mammal and cooks like a fish,” Lou Braxton said as he extended a frozen fillet towards me. It’s a line he’s perfected over his four years selling ostrich at the Union Square greenmarket in Manhattan. The cut, no larger than a filet mignon, was dark red—nothing like the white meat I associated with poultry.

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Revolutionizing the Meat Industry: An Interview with American Ostrich Farms

Revolutionizing the Meat Industry: An Interview with American Ostrich Farms

March 01, 2016

Located on a 120-acre farm in Boise, Idaho, American Ostrich Farms (AOF) is working to provide an unexpected source of protein to American consumers. Ostrich meat is both high in protein and iron and low in fat and cholesterol. Food Tank had the opportunity to speak with Alexander McCoy, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AOF.

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Ostrich … It’s What’s for Dinner

Ostrich … It’s What’s for Dinner

February 11, 2016

Ostrich meat tastes like steak, has less fat and more iron, and is easier on the environment to produce than beef. So why isn't it more popular to farm and eat?

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+Recent Articles

  • Healthiest, Most Delicious Red Meat - American Ostrich Farms
    January 18, 2023
  • Wait, There's an Ostrich Farm in Kuna?
    January 17, 2023
  • You Know the Place Visits AOF
    January 17, 2023
  • Kuna's American Ostrich Farms brings lesser-known protein to the table
    November 29, 2022
  • An alternative to Turkey? More like beef. Meet local business American Ostrich Farms
    November 29, 2022
  • Sun Valley Institute for Resilience Funds Native’s Ostrich Farm
    October 31, 2022
  • THE THIRD WAY: OSTRICH MEAT AND THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
    March 28, 2020
  • Treasure Valley’s American Ostrich Farms promotes food sustainability, consumer health
    March 01, 2019
  • The Future Of Food With Integrity: Chipotle & AOF
    January 28, 2019
  • Ostrich: the new red meat
    August 04, 2018

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