Montana Beef for Montana Kids With more cattle than people in Montana, you’d think Montana beef would be on every school meal tray in the state, right? “Getting Montana beef to Montana kids just makes sense. We have more cattle than people in this state. When food...
Standing in the meat department of an average grocery store across the United States can produce some uninspiring moments. Neat piles of plastic-wrapped cuts with unknown origins and big yellow price tags sit under fluorescent lights. Try as you might, you won’t find...
What Happens to the Rest of the Animal and How Montana Ranchers are Reclaiming Its Value When a Black Angus cow arrives at a processing facility, it weighs an average of 1,200 pounds. However, only 500 pounds are processed into consumable meats and sold at the butcher...
Tangen Draw puts their bison and beef to the test—literally. Stewarded by sibling duo Morgan and Nick Conver, Tangen Draw is more than simply a pasture. It’s a living system, where soil, grass, animals, and people are all connected. They’ve seen the ripple effects of...
Where Human, Animal, and Soil Health are Interwoven Jaimie Stoltzfus and her husband Austin are behind Cowgirl Meat Company, a regenerative cattle and pork ranch just outside McLeod, MT along the West Boulder river. Since 2014, the couple have been raising meat for...
