Meat
Bison
Bison (American buffalo) is a lean red meat with a clean, slightly sweet beef-like flavour and lower intramuscular fat than grain-finished beef. Farmed and ranch-raised animals supply steaks, roasts, and ground meat popular in North American specialty markets. Quick cooking for prime cuts and moist methods for tougher pieces preserve tenderness. Grass-finished bison is darker and more aromatic than grain-finished product.
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Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains relied on American bison for meat, hides, tools, and cultural life for millennia.
Commercial overhunting collapsed wild herds; conservation later rebuilt populations from remnant stock.
Ranch bison production expanded as a specialty red meat alternative to conventional beef.
Retail and restaurant demand for lean bison steaks and burgers grew across North America and export markets.