Yankee Farmer's Market guarantees quality buffalo meat, containing NO growth hormones, NO stimulants, and NO antibiotics. Before we give you the impressive list of nutritional facts and advantages, or fully describe the tender, delicious taste, we want you to know a few things about the American buffalo as we here at Yankee Farmer's Market have come to know them. American Buffalo and bison are the same animal. Bison is actually the scientific name of the American Buffalo. When Europeans first encountered the buffalo in the American west during the 1700's, the only animal they could compare it to was the water buffalo of Africa.
Buffalo are in large numbers today.
By the end of the 1800's, fewer than 1,000 buffalo remained in North America. With the help of government programs, and many farms and ranches in the United States and Canada, that number has now grown to over 200,000. Like any group of animals, there are some more wild than others. It is true that there are very few totally domesticated buffalo, however, the more time you spend with a buffalo, the more friendly and trusting they become. A buffalo can grow to be up to 2400 pounds, six feet tall and nine feet long.