Tropical Traditions Press Release

Tropical Traditions announced two new lines of artisan butters crafted from the milk of grass-fed pastured cows in their GrassfedTraditions line of products. Consumer demand and sales of butter are currently at an all-time high in the U.S. However, it is difficult to find butter made from the milk of pastured, grass-fed cows who do not live in confinement eating grains.

Allgau German Butter

The Allgäu Alps in Germany. An “alp” refers to a high mountain pasture where cows are brought for grazing. Image source.

For many generations the family farms in the Allgäu region of Southern Germany have fed their family cows only grass and grass hay. Using their local breed, the Allgäu brown cow, the herdsmen in the Allgäu mountain region safely guide the cows down from the mountains to spend the winters in their cozy barns, and are led back up to the Alps every spring.

The local Allgäu brown cow is specially suited for the high mountain altitudes of the Bavarian Alps, where they graze on lush green grass all summer long. The butter from this pristine region has more cream than most butters, and is famous throughout Europe.

Now from the family farms of Allgäu this handcrafted tradition is presented to you and your family. This pure German Butter is one of the creamiest butters you will ever taste!

• 100% grass and grass hay (winter) fed cows
• RBST Free milk
• Cows graze at a high elevation on small family Alpine farms
• 2 ingredients: cream and cultures
• 82% butter fat

Nordic Creamery Butter

Nordic Creamery is family owned and operated, making some of Wisconsin’s finest gourmet, artisan butter from the milk of cows on pasture.

Award-winning cheesemaker and buttermaker Al Bekkum and his family live on the Bekkum-Langaard Farmstead owned and operated by their family since immigration from Norway in 1917. The farm is located among other Norwegian settlers in Westby, Wisconsin within Vernon County’s lush, green hills and valleys known as the Coulee Region. This un-glaciated land is recognized for its fertile soil and exceptional grazing land, making their butter second to none. It is the same area where Grassfed Traditions secures its grass-fed beef, lamb, and pastured poultry.

The Nordic Creamery plant in Westby, Wisconsin, located in the rolling hills of the driftless region. Photo by Jeremiah Shilhavy.

The Bekkums don’t give their cows any hormones such as rBGH, and they don’t add artificial ingredients. Their cows are grass-fed in open pastures during the summer and fed a mostly grass hay diet during the winter as well.  They don’t need to add chemicals to their butter; their secret ingredient is freshness!

We offer two varieties of butter from Nordic Creamery, both from the milk of pastured grass-fed cows.  The summer butter is from the milk of cows in Wisconsin just after they come out to pasture after the winter months. The cultured butter is a European cultured style butter (also currently from summer milk from cows on pasture.)

The butter is rolled by hand into 3/4 lb. butter rolls.

These butters are shipped in coolers to all 50 states. More info.