Current:Home > Markets'Highest quality beef:' Mark Zuckerberg's cattle to get beer and macadamia nuts in Hawaii -CapitalCourse
'Highest quality beef:' Mark Zuckerberg's cattle to get beer and macadamia nuts in Hawaii
NovaQuant View
Date:2025-04-07 22:30:00
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! (3917)
Related
- Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
- Russian satellite breaks up, sends nearly 200 pieces of space debris into orbit
- Wimbledon draw: Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz in same bracket; Iga Swiatek No. 1
- US miners’ union head calls House Republican effort to block silica dust rule an ‘attack’ on workers
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Film and TV crews spent $334 million in Montana during last two years, legislators told
- Eagles singer Don Henley sues for return of handwritten ‘Hotel California’ lyrics, notes
- Kenya protests resume as President William Ruto's tax hike concession fails to quell anger
- Elon Musk's skyrocketing net worth: He's the first person with over $400 billion
- Federal judge temporarily stops Oklahoma from enforcing new anti-immigration law
Ranking
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off an uneven debate performance
- Detroit paying $300,000 to man wrongly accused of theft, making changes in use of facial technology
- TikToker Eva Evans’ Cause of Death Shared After Club Rat Creator Dies at 29
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- Faced with the opportunity to hit Trump on abortion rights, Biden falters
- Supreme Court rejects Trump ally Steve Bannon’s bid to delay prison sentence
- Red Rocks employees report seeing UFO in night sky above famed Colorado concert venue
Recommendation
McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
25-year-old Oakland firefighter drowns at San Diego beach
How RuPaul's Drag Race Judge Ts Madison Is Protecting Trans Women From Sex Work Exploitation
4 Nations Face-Off: US, Canada, Finland, Sweden name first players
The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
Kenya protests resume as President William Ruto's tax hike concession fails to quell anger
Warren Buffett donates again to the Gates Foundation but will cut the charity off after his death
Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from ‘Fernwood Tonight’ and ‘Roseanne,’ dies at 80