A memory popped up on my phone the other day. My friend Marie McClaren came out to visit us last year. She was bringing some of her employees from Kemmerer, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado to do some paperwork for their A2 Work VISAs. They all stopped over in Laramie, the night before, to eat dinner and take a break before the long day of navigating government bureaucracy. How was this a year ago already!???? Marie's family typically employs several sheepherders every year from South America, usually they come from Peru, and they speak mainly Spanish. Some of these employees return for several seasons and a couple of them have been working with Marie's family for over 20 years! Marie and...
This week provided the Taste of the Wind Crew a chance to tag along moving some "doggies" across the Centennial Valley with the Rardin and Sigel families.... The day started around 5AM, when I jumped out of bed to get all of my animals squared away before Peter and I headed out to Hecht Creek Ranch in Centennial. We ate our hearty breakfast of pasture-raised eggs and bacon in the car as we sped along the highway looking forward to a chance to break up the daily routine. Peter got to hang with my friend Harmony for the day, and boy did they have fun! Pip, Jameson, my intern Elizabeth and I went out on the several mile cattle drive...
Meet our intern Elizabeth Herman, a current UW Student who is interning with Taste of the Wind through the GrowinG Wyoming Internship Program this summer. Liz and Pip working on a wool rug... Pip is doing quality control. Elizabeth grew up in Arizona before moving to California, where she first ventured into the world of horses. This experience sparked her interest in animals and lead her to pursue a career working with them. Elizabeth is working on a degree in Animal Science with a concentration in business at the University of Wyoming. Liz learning how to put up barbed-wire. Elizabeth does not have an ag background, but she hopes to gain more experience, using this internship as a jumping off...
Deposits are now closed for our Fall Harvest Bulk Beef and Lamb shares for the 2024 growing season. Thanks for helping us plan out our summer and fall! Now it's time for the final installment of the Ultimate Food Freedom Guide: How to Grow and/or Forage for Your Own Food! Nothing makes me feel more secure than knowing I can get the nourishment my family needs when we need it. Knowing how to access clean water and food, where to find it, and how to convert it with my own means is the ultimate comfort. Does it get any better than that? There is something about taking part in the rearing and harvesting of, the preparing, the asking permission, and...
We are coming to the end of my Food Freedom Guide BJ! My next email will talk about the ultimate ways you can take your food supply into your own hands by growing your own food, but today, I am going to touch on how to build community around local food and holistic health- no matter where you are. The longer I am alive, the more I realize how important community is. I have moved around quite a bit over the past decade and the importance of "find your people" is imprinted heavily on my mind. I don't know where Chris and I would be without our friends. So many people have helped us in so many profound ways... I...