NEW: A picnic with Jim Gates of Nevada County Free Range Beef
Jim Gates, owner of Nevada County Free Range Beef, invited us to his annual picnic and barbeque — a family gathering that has grown to friends and family.
Jim is a longtime rancher here, whose grass-fed beef business has grown to 120 Shorthorn, Red Angus and other cows grazing on separate parcels comprising 2,240 acres near [...]
Nevada County Free Range Beef for fresh, local flavor
THE GRASS-FED BEEF MARKET IS BOOMiING, thanks to studies that show it is better for consumers and the environment than its grain-fed counterpart.
Though it still amounts to about 1 percent of the nation’s annual supply—or about $1 billion—grass-fed beef has grown to 1,200 U.S. ranchers from less than 50 originally, according to grazing experts. [...]
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