Keith and Linda Long have raised cattle and sheep for almost 40 years, with focus on holistically managing the land for the last two decades. In 2013, the Longs created Graze the Prairie and started direct marketing their beef. Today,…
Andy Boone and his family raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AG) sheep and pigs at Driftless Hills Farm, located 9 miles south of Decorah, Iowa. Andy Boone and his wife, Betsy, met in California and dreamed…
Ashly Martin comes from a long line of Texas ranchers and focuses his current operation, Trails End Ranch, on 1500 acres of rolling rangeland in the Texas Hill Country. The ranch is covered with live oak and mesquite trees along…
Jodi Grever, along with her husband and partner, Tom Grever, raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) sheep at Sheepless Nights in Cameron, Missouri. “I grew up in the country on very small acreage,” says Jodi. “One…
After graduating from Eastern Illinois University, Brent and April Glays moved to Carbondale, IL to attend graduate school at SIUC. Brent studied English and taught at John A. Logan; April worked full time as a substance abuse counselor while working…
Josh Lloyd raises Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW), Certified Grassfed by AGW beef cattle and sheep on pasture at Josh Lloyd Farm, in Clay Center, Kansas. Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW is the only label…
Morning Breeze Farm has been in Hunter Strebig’s family since the early 1900s. “Until 1998 it was a dairy farm run by my grandparents,” says Hunter. “I took over the farm and converted it into a cow calf beef farm.…
Amanda Wilson and Brady Kirwan raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) laying hens at Old Dutch Hops in Hillsboro, Ohio. In their twenties, Amanda and Brady both worked in the National Parks System before deciding to…
Monte Bottens raises Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW), Certified Grassfed by AGW beef cattle at Grateful Graze in Cambridge, Illinois. Monte worked for many years to adopt soil improving practices such as no-till, buffer strips and cover…
Paul and Marisa Maggio raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) beef cattle at Starry Nights Farm in Burlington, Wisconsin, about 40 miles southwest of Milwaukee and 60 miles northwest of Chicago. Before farming, Paul worked at…
Molly and Brett Muchow raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) dairy goats, sheep and laying hens at Verdant Hollow Farms in Buchanan, Michigan. The couple acquired the 225-acre property in 2016 and, using regenerative practices and…
Al and Erika VanRyzin raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) sheep, pigs and beef cattle outdoors on pasture at Dancing Frog Farm in Fremont, Wisconsin. “We both grew up with nearly one of everything from the…
