Local Meats Field Day April 20th

 

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Demand for sustainably raised meat and fiber is increasing. Consumers are demanding more information about where their food comes from and seeking out relationships with the people who grow it. Washington livestock producers of all shapes and sizes are invited to the Local Meats Field Day at the Windy N Ranch (www.windynranch.com) in Ellensburg on April 20^th. The event, starting at 9:00AM and continuing through a free lamb chili lunch, ending around 1:00PM, will highlight practices successfully used by the Newhall Family in their efforts to become a fully certified organic farm

Cow Camp Chatter: I have a beef about my beef purchase!

Ron Torell, Long-Standing Educator and Advocate of Agriculture

There is a growing popularity for consumer direct sales of locally grown, grass finished, hormone-free, all-natural freezer beef. Many consumers, however,  are in the dark when it comes to understanding  the  yield loss  of a 1,200 lb grass finished steer after harvesting.  The entire steer which has been cut and wrapped to specifications for a family of four will fit into about eight cardboard boxes once it has been harvested, aged and processed. Baffled by this, consumers want to know what happened to the rest of their beef.