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Putting Grasslands First

Livestock, properly managed, can be used to mimic the millennia-old symbiotic relationship between the world's grasslands and herds of ruminants. By using rigorous planning and ecosystems monitoring, we can actually use livestock to improve soil health, increase carbon sequestration, and decrease desertification.

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100% Grass Fed and Finished Beef

When you purchase Lazy R Beef, you are supporting a fourth-generation ranching family dedicated to preserving and protecting our land while raising clean, healthy food  for our community.

We use cutting-edge carbon-sequestering grazing techniques to ensure that our beef is the most environmentally friendly food you can buy. We are committed to making sure that our practices are as environmentally and socially sustainable as possible.

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We are proud to be a leader in Holistically Managed livestock production. Our ranch is a learning site for Roots of Resilience.

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Lupine + Arrowleaf Balsamroot + Ponderosa = Home
Number 673 Masticates: a triptych.
Took the herd to their spring grazing, where they will stay until just before the Solstice, when calving season kicks into full gear. We’ve got a handful of replacement heifers starting to drop calves now, so I’m still getting my cuteness fix.
Time for my annual “my mom’s lilac tree is better than your mom’s lilac tree” post.
Being with them, listening to them graze and chew their cud, knowing they are content, makes my eyes crinkle. We use our livestock as a tool to make our ranch ecosystem healthy. (We used to use the ranch ecosystem to make beef. It’s a big mental shift!) The grasslands thrive when they have periodic animal disturbance. And we get to make food for people while creating better habitat for the deer, moose, elk, turkeys, teals, mallards, geese, coots, blackbirds, red tail hawks, osprey, great horned owls, coyotes, marmots, and even the dear little pocket gophers. (Not to mention the butterflies, dung beetles, riots of wildflowers and perennial grasses, soil bacteria and nematodes, and of course the sacred mycology that knits it all together.) One beef feeds a big family for a whole year and provides livelihoods for a million others. Each day I feel blessed to be part of this symbiosis.
Lambing is officially done! Now to gear up for calving!
Taking the time to walk fences, observe flowers and grasses and birds and insects, is the best possible use of time, most of the time.
No place like home.