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In 1967, Local Meat Became Illegal 🥩

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...

The Quietest Epidemic in America

I'm 1,500 miles from home, 22 days into helping an 8,000-acre ranch in Montana transition to the next generation. The scale is something I'm still adjusting to. A couple days ago I turned 250 cows out on an 858-acre pasture. A...

🪱 Why Do Farm Kids Have Stronger Immune Systems?

That's Sam, about a decade ago. Our kids would come in looking like this pretty much daily. I'll admit, it annoyed me. The mud. The laundry. Andrea scrubbing boots on the porch. Turns out it might have been the best...

The Kind of Beef You Can't Mass Produce

The best beef in the world might come from old cows. It's day eleven of helping an 8,000-acre Montana ranch transition to the next generation. I'm standing in a field staring at two cows that were supposed to go to...

The Next Chapter of Grass Roots

Forty percent of American farmland is owned by someone over sixty-five. When a ranch doesn't have a successor, it doesn't get passed down. It gets sold. To a developer. To an investment fund. To someone who might never run a cow...

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In 1967, Local Meat Became Illegal 🥩

The Quietest Epidemic in America

🪱 Why Do Farm Kids Have Stronger Immune Systems?

The Kind of Beef You Can't Mass Produce

The Next Chapter of Grass Roots

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