Last night, my thirteen-year-old brought 75 first-calf heifers in from the pasture by herself. And last week, the two of us gathered 220 cows and calves across 300 acres of complicated Montana rangeland on horseback, and I couldn’t have done...
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You told us you wanted to hear more from the farmers behind your food, so we're bringing you just that! Meet Farmer Andrea from Falling Sky Farm in Arkansas. She raises chickens, cattle, turkeys, and pigs on her regenerative farm, and she's...
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Every morning right now, I'm walking into a pasture eye-to-eye with a 1,200-pound mama who's not entirely sure I should be that close to her calf. I'm tagging. She's watching. Sometimes she lets me work. Sometimes she takes two steps...
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It's calving season here at the ranch in Montana. A lot of my day is spent checking cows and two-year-old heifers that are about to become mamas for the first time. It's been a while since I've spent this much...
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In 1860, four out of every five Americans lived in rural communities. Most knew the farmer who raised their food. Not because it was special. Because that's just how food worked. Then the Industrial Revolution emptied rural communities and filled the...
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