Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Tom Brokaw & farming responsibly

Our market meat vendors are very like the rancher profiled in this Tom Brokaw story. Click on the link below. The video screen is on the lower left hand part of the linked page.

Pay a visit to Jeff Downs' Farm and you'll come across cows grazing on tall grass, hogs rooting around in the pastures, and chickens clucking away in the fields. This may be how farming in this country used to look, but by today's agricultural standards, the Downs' Ranch is no ordinary American farm -- and owner Jeff Downs is no ordinary American farmer:

http://www.usanetwork.com/highway50/profiles/jeff.html