VIDEO: Olive Wagyu - Journey to American Plates

Olive Wagyu is the rarest beef in the world. It originates on Shodoshima, an island in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan where one farmer, Masaki Ishii, fed pressed olive peels to his cattle to produce a succulent beef with boosted levels of heart-healthy oleic acid and umami flavors. Crowd Cow travels to Japan to uncover the unique history of the rarest beef on the planet. Buy Olive Wagyu here: https...

Olive Wagyu is raised on a handful of farms in and around Shodoshima Island in Japan's smallest prefecture, Kagawa. Olive Wagyu brings everything you've come to love about Wagyu, but is far, far rarer and packs a more powerful umami flavor. Sign up to learn about our next Olive Wagyu event: https://www.crowdcow.com/olivewagyu

The word "Wagyu" simply means "Japanese Cow". There are 4 breeds of cattle native to Japan and one of these -- the Kuroge Washu - is special, because its unique genetics allows it to produce a high degree of fine-grained marbling on the interior of the meat. When this breed is raised in Japan by expert producers, cared for and fed the highest quality grasses, inawara rice straw and other ingre...

Highlights from 2017 trip to Kagawa, Japan to source Olive Wagyu for Crowd Cow. https://www.crowdcow.com/olivewagyu