Current:Home > Markets'Highest quality beef:' Mark Zuckerberg's cattle to get beer and macadamia nuts in Hawaii -EverVision Finance
'Highest quality beef:' Mark Zuckerberg's cattle to get beer and macadamia nuts in Hawaii
View
Date:2025-04-15 05:38:07
Media mogul Mark Zuckerberg's next passion project is to revolutionize beef.
The Meta CEO announced on his Facebook and Instagram platforms that he is raising cattle at his ranch on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
"My goal is to create some of the highest quality beef in the world," Zuckerberg said in his post showing a picture of him dining with cooked beef. "The cattle are wagyu and angus, and they'll grow up eating macadamia meal and drinking beer that we grow and produce here on the ranch."
In Japan, cattle are occasionally given beer to help stimulate their appetite during the summer when temperature and humidity cause cows to eat less, according to beef producer Blackmore Wagyu.
'A lie':Starbucks sued over claims about ethically sourced coffee and tea
Cows to eat up to 10,000 pounds of food a year
The cattle will eat between 5,000 and 10,000 pounds of macadamia nuts a year, according to Zuckerberg.
"So that's a lot of acres of macadamia trees," Zuckerberg said in his post. "My daughters help plant the mac trees and take care of our different animals. We're still early in the journey and it's fun improving on it every season. Of all my projects, this is the most delicious."
Zuckerberg said he wants the process to be local and vertically integrated, which according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is when farming takes place inside, crops are grown as stacked layers and use artificial growing systems.
Mark Zuckerberg Hawaii home estate is now around 1,500 acres
The cattle will live in Zuckerberg's $100 million-plus estate in Kauai. The entrepreneur bought the ranch in 2014, when the estate was just 700 acres, according to Forbes. That same year, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that he bought another 110 acres of land on the island.
The estate is now about 1,500 acres, including his ranch and public beach, a sensitive subject for many of the island's residents.
After facing scrutiny for using litigation to pressure Native Hawaiians to sell their land, Zuckerberg said he would drop the lawsuits and apologized in a 2017 op-ed published in the local Kauai newspaper.
Why is Mark Zuckerberg building a bunker?
Zuckerberg is reportedly building an underground bunker on his Hawaiian property, according to a Wired article published in December.
The publication reported that everyone affiliated with the project, including carpenters, painters, electricians and security guards, is legally prohibited by strict nondisclosure agreements from talking about what they are building.
veryGood! (51)
Related
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- New 'Ghostbusters' review: 2024 movie doubles down on heroes and horror, but lacks magic
- Teacher fatally shot, 14-year-old daughter arrested after fleeing Mississippi home
- California voters pass proposition requiring counties to spend on programs to tackle homelessness
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- Suspect charged in Indianapolis bar shooting that killed 1 person and injured 5
- Bruce Springsteen setlist 2024: Every song he sang at world tour relaunch in Phoenix
- International Day of Happiness: How the holiday got its start plus the happiest US cities
- Average rate on 30
- Chipotle’s board has approved a 50-for-1 stock split. Here’s what that means
Ranking
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- Conor McGregor bares his backside and his nerves in new ‘Road House’: ‘I'm not an actor’
- Governor’s plan to boost mass transit aid passes Pennsylvania House, but faces long odds in Senate
- United Steelworkers union endorses Biden, giving him more labor support in presidential race
- Trump's 'stop
- Chipotle plans rare 50-for-1 stock split as share price nears $3,000
- Homelessness, affordable-housing shortage spark resurgence of single-room ‘micro-apartments’
- Lukas Gage describes 6-month marriage to Chris Appleton as a 'manic episode'
Recommendation
South Korea's acting president moves to reassure allies, calm markets after Yoon impeachment
Georgia execution set for today would be state's first in over 4 years
Kate's photo of Queen Elizabeth II with her grandkids flagged by Getty news agency as enhanced at source
Shop Amazon’s Big Spring Sale for Festival-Ready Fashion for Coachella, Stagecoach & More
Sam Taylor
Megan Fox's Call Her Daddy Bombshells: Brian Austin Green, Machine Gun Kelly & More
Former Ellisville, Mississippi, deputy city clerk pleads guilty to embezzlement
Woman’s body found in rubble of Utah house explosion