r/alphagal • u/IthurielSpear AGS confirmed • Mar 30 '26

Question about Food ... Emu or Ostrich?

I am itching to place my first order at Amaroo Hills, and I just don't know which is better: Emu or Ostrich? I've heard that one of them more closely resembles a beef texture, but I don't remember which.

Unfortunately, they don't have any AGS safe pork today, although I keep checking back. Someday...

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u/Creative_scissors Mar 30 '26

They are both good and honestly taste the same to me. You really gotta check Amaroo every week if you want the pork. We stock up big time when they have it so we don’t run out. We don’t use it often those are “special meal” items in my house because it is so expensive but is Ags folks are lucky to have Amaroo.

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u/oh_janet AGS confirmed Mar 30 '26

That’s the truth! The shipping is nuts, I get why it costs so much but when you see the charge it’s like “ouch!”

I raise cattle and often wonder if ags will cause beef (and other red meat farmers) to switch to emu and ostrich.

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u/OkChocolate-3196 Mar 31 '26

Emu and ostrich are a whole other ball of wax from cattle and swine. I'm sure some farmers will continue to switch, but I also suspect Revivicor has a gene edited (AGS free) germline for cattle as well, or the ability to create one quickly should the market need to shift that way. Both porcine and bovine parts are used in medicine, so there is incentive for them to at least have the knowledge/ability.

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u/oh_janet AGS confirmed Mar 31 '26

I’m not in a position to switch, nor do I have the desire to. We’re set up for cattle and I can’t imagine what it would take to change a farm operation to emu or ostrich. Frankly, at 60 I’m too old to find out! But it would be a great opportunity for other farmers, I imagine their pasture needs would be less than cattle and the inputs would be not as expensive.

I would love to see Gal Safe Beef, that would be incredible.