Highlights from 2017 trip to Kagawa, Japan to source Olive Wagyu for Crowd Cow. https://www.crowdcow.com/olivewagyu
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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. Only a small amount of Olive Wagyu is harvested per month, ...
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Yasaka Jinja is a Shinto Shrine on Shodoshima, Japan on the site where the emperor at the time (1300 years ago) made a decree to raise cattle due to its ideal climate. Today, the rare and exquisite Olive Wagyu are raised in this area. https://www.crowdcow.com/olivewagyu
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Crowd Cow's founder and CEO Joe Heitzeberg visits with Kagawa Prefecture Governor Keizō Hamada. Crowd Cow brought Olive Wagyu to the United States for sale to consumers only for the first time ever in 2017. The company maintains direct relationships with Kagawa's top Olive Wagyu producers and has exc...
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In October 2017, I met with Kagawa Prefecture's Governor and senior staff. Watch below or check out the transcript of my speech in Japanese, which outlined my journey from living on a farm homestay in Hokkaido 20 years ago to a current milestone: bringing Olive Wagyu from Japan to America. Read more...
almost 2 years ago

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. Ichigo Steakhouse is the world's only Olive Wagyu steakhous...
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In Osaka, Japan, we visited with Steak Sakura, a restaurant specializing in Kobe Beef. Crowd Cow CEO Joe Heitzeberg had a chance to sit down with the chef to discuss the history of Kobe beef including how it is raised, the history and how it is rated. Learn more: https://www.crowdcow.com/a5wagyu
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On a recent trip to Japan, Crowd Cow's founder, Joe Heitzeberg learned how the inawara rice straw and corn grown to feed the wagyu cattle are grown using fertilizer produced by those same animals. Learn more: https://www.crowdcow.com/blog/tags/a5-wagyu Shop now: https://www.crowdcow.com/a5wagyu
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I spent days getting to know our small farms in Japan, including Aomine-san, one of the elite producers of the rarest beef on the planet: Olive Wagyu of Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Sign up to purchase Olive Wagyu: https://www.crowdcow.com/olivewagyu Or purchase award-winning Kagoshima A5 Wagyu from J...
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A look at how Crowd Cow came to be the first direct to consumer source of olive-fed wagyu in the United States. Learn about our next Olive Wagyu event: https://www.crowdcow.com/olivewagyu
almost 2 years ago

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 Ja...
almost 2 years ago

"The most expensive 48 seconds of my life! A5 Wagyu, Italian black truffle, lobster tail, caviar, truffle aioli, arugula, fried quail egg on grilled sourdough I forgot the gold flakes!!" https://www.crowdcow.com/a5wagyu
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Nikki from Life Made Simply shows you how to cook an easy steak dinner for two at home with Crowd Cow steak. Enjoy! Visit Crowd Cow to become a steak holder today! Receive 1lb of ground beef for FREE with purchase https://www.crowdcow.com/lifemadesimply The very best beef from independent farms deli...
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Kagoshima, Japan is famous for producing some of the very best beef on the planet - A5 Wagyu from the Kuroge Washu breed of cattle. It earned the highest average score at Japan's legendary "Wagyu Olympics" last year and is loved throughout the world for its melts-in-your-mouth tenderness and umami-pa...
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Kagoshima, Japan produced the Wagyu beef with the highest average scores at the Wagyu Olympics last year -- an all-country competition in Japan that takes place one every 5 years. Crowd Cow has sourced A5 Wagyu direct from one of the very best producers in Kagoshima, Japan and make this available to...
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Crowd Cow presents: How To Cook Wagyu Beef Incredibly marbled and best enjoyed with friends, our authentic A5 Japanese Wagyu will make you the hit of the holidays. Host a tasting event or give it as the ultimate food gift. We recommend cooking your A5 Wagyu a little bit at a time, cooking small st...
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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 exp...
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