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By JAN LAVALLEY
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
It looks like beef. It tastes like beef. But, it’s not beef. It has 25 percent less calories and a third of the fat of beef. It also has just as much iron and protein. And it tastes great!
What is it? It’s ostrich meat and it’s the up and coming choice of health conscious people across the United States.
It has now become readily available here, and some residents are already taking advantage of this, at Wild Life Farm, Inc. in Amissville.
Marketed and distributed by Rappahannock Pride, and approved by the state, the meat not only outscores beef on all counts, it outscores other meat products as well.
It has less fat and calories than veal, pork, turkey, chicken and lamb. It also has about as much protein, less cholesterol and more iron than any of those.
Best of all, the costs are comparable to other meats. The cost differs as to the cut, just like with beef, pork or anything else, from $6.95 to $15.95 per pound. The more expensive cuts being fillet mignon, New York strip or sirloin, just like beef.
Frank Dombrowski, owner of Wild Life Farm, Inc. said, “My wife, Donna, and I eat it about five nights a week. For a quarter pound burger it’s only 105 calories. We have private individuals her in the County who buy 40 to 50 pounds per week from us.”
Frank said the main cost for raising ostrich is the start up
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