Visiting the Farms!
April 26, 2009Ian and I went to Oregon a few weeks ago to finalize the details of switching production to The Butcher Shop in Eagle Point. We were trly impressed with what we saw. Here are some pictures from the trip:
Tony B. and me at his ranch. Tony has been raising cattle for 70 years and prides himself on the cleanliness of his farm. All the cattle are fed the most nutrient and protein dense grass, have access to clean running water, and droppings are cleaned every day. They also have hundreds of acres to graze on. These things may seem like they should be industry standards but unfortunately they aren't, and cows raised on feedlots are not as lucky as Tony
At first the cows were a little stand-offish....
but they warmed up!
There was a little goat hanging out by the farm who was very interested in
us.This is a picture of Brian from The Butcher Shop and Ron Fumasi at Ron's farm. Ron's family owned the largest dairy in California and now he and his son run their family farm on thousands of acres that stretch well beyond what you see in the picture.
Ron's cattle wrangler.
These were a couple of calves born earlier in the week.
