The hungry fire crackled in the night as I fed it another small log under the stately fir trees along the shores of Hat Creek. Flickering firelight danced on the rough barked boles of the trees, and lit the foliage of the aspen and alder trees in the dense understory around us. It couldn't be a …
Why We Do What We Do
There's an old saying among old cowboy packers—those wizened hands who knew the craft of moving camps and gear on horseback in wild country—that if you've packed for 40 or 50 years of your life, you've actually only done half that. It's because the other half you spent looking for lost horses. I was …
Where Corn is King
As I commence to write this, I'm seated in a sardine-packed Boeing 737 parked on the heat-shimmering broad tarmac of O'Hare International. The flight attendant just got off the PA. "We apologize for the heat in the aircraft. Our ground support team is having mechanical difficulties, and has failed …
Great Grass Fed Beef: A 20 Year Quest
We've been raising grass fed beef for over 20 years. Â We're still improving. I got an email this morning from Claudia, one of our regular customers: "We had two of the ribeyes last night, and they were absolutely wonderful! My husband was duly impressed, so much so that we ordered more, as …
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Spring Grass Fed Beef
Is spring grass fed beef the best beef? Caryl was perusing a paleo forum yesterday when she read a thread about how a grass fed milk producer was charging 2x as much for their spring milk. And people were buying it. Many forum participants were authoritatively stating that it was …
GMO, Glyphosate Residue in Grass Fed Beef, and You
Glyphosate. Try this new condiment! Oh wait--you already have. I was checking into a hotel with Caryl the other night after dropping off our weekly shipment of beef at the UPS warehouse in Idaho Falls. We normally go to Salmon, Idaho, with our beef, but I found some building materials I needed …
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