In the fall of 2017, the first batch of Grass Roots chickens— from Falling Sky in Leslie, Arkansas, packaged at Natural State Processing were labeled with tracking information supported by blockchain technology.
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Meet Bill Staggs, Owner of Farm on Mill Creek Meadow. Before Bill joined Grass Root’s Farmers' Cooperative, he was raising feeder cattle around 2009, after some time, he moved into a cow-calf operation. He then transitioned into the Cooperative in...
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Meet Donna Kilpatrick, Ranch Manager and Land Steward at Heifer Ranch. Donna’s favorite part of her title is Land Steward, “It’s very important to me. My job is to shepherd our ecosystem into health” Donna, all the farmers and staff...
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Wool sheep produce a wax called lanolin that protects their gorgeous coats and makes them water resistant. Unfortunately, the lanolin also has a pretty foul odor. And many discerning diners find that this affect the taste of the meat. But hair sheep do not make lanolin, so their meat is much milder in flavor.
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All you need is a sharp knife, gloves, a large cutting board, and a nutritious whole chicken from Grass Roots Farmer’s Cooperative of course!
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