Organic Beef Matters
News from Alderspring Ranch, with an occasional rant about American agriculture
We are looking for a few people with grit, character, and a passion to learn to work at Alderspring Ranch, a certified organic producer of 100% grass fed Angus beef in the Rocky Mountains of Central Idaho. Applications will be accepted until April 11, 2016. The ranch: 1000 acre ranch …
Continue Reading about Internships and Employment at Alderspring
Abby holds one of the Belgian draft horses, Belle, as seen from the top of the haystack. …
The weather rushes in all at once for the feed crew. …
It keeps on snowing on the ranch. It doesn't accumulate much because of our powder dry mountain air—a lot of it evaporates (actually sublimates) before it gets a chance to melt. We're up to several inches now, still shallow enough for the horses and cattle to nose through and graze some of the …
Continue Reading about How the West Was Lost…And Why Hay Isn’t Only for Horses
Seven inches of pure white blanket fell again last night. My early morning trek to the bunkhouse told the tale through signature tracks of nighttime visitations: whitetail deer sneak over fencelines at night and eat hay with our beeves, and black-tailed jacks and cottontails raid the haystacks. It's …
Glenn readies the harness for Jingle, the troublemaker of the Belgian draft team. …
