USMC Veteran/Rancher Raises Mini-Cattle

2014-01-03T19:34:43+00:00

Don't think 3-foot tall, like I did.  "Mini-cattle" means the original heritage Hereford stock of 900 pound cattle, instead of the hormone & grain-gorged (up 3,500 pound) versions most ranchers raise today.  These are the real deal folks, and they're raised by a Vietnam Marine Corps veteran and his wife down in East Texas. (She's a 6th generation Texan … since before the Alamo!) At Falster Farm they raise livestock and crops organically and biodynamically and have been for decades, so they're no newcomer to the trade.  Their stock is grassfed and finished off on clover, making that beef oh-so tasty. And [...]