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The meaning of meat
“It is true, I came as near as is possible to come to being a hunter and miss it, myself….” (Henry David Thoreau) I spent last weekend in the company of six heavily armed women at Madroño Ranch. Don ’t worry; … Continue reading
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Tagged bison, Dai Due, deer, farmers markets, feral hogs, Henry David Thoreau, hunting, Jesse Griffiths, Madroño Ranch, meat, Morgan Angelone, Sarah Palin, Sir Paul McCartney, Tink Pinkard, vegetarianism
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Second City, second harvest: pork bellies and bison blood
Sometimes this whole harebrained Madroño Ranch scheme of ours seems to manifest a distinctly split personality. Last week, for example, we experienced, vividly and in close conjunction, two contradictory extremes, one exhilarating, the other sobering. The resulting psychic whiplash has … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance of Artists Communities, bison, Chicago, Madroño Ranch, meat, pork belly
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Meat and flourishment: carnivorocity, take three
The Color of Atmosphere: One Doctor’s Journey In and Out of Medicine. After describing a flummoxing patient she had as a second-year medical student, Kozel said, “[I] devoured the answers without asking the right questions.” Of course, if you’re obsessive … Continue reading
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Tagged bison, climate change, guns, Joel Salatin, meat, Polyface Farm, prophets, Thunder Heart Bison, vegetarianism
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Bloody hands: bison harvest at Madroño Ranch
The very first fruits (though “fruits” hardly seems the right word) of our very first bison harvest are ready to sell, but getting to this point has been a long and sometimes frustrating process. The last stages of that process … Continue reading
Meat and unmediated experience: Deer School at Madroño Ranch
At lunch the other day, a friend opined that too much of what we all think and see and hear—and, yes, eat—passes through various filters (the media, agribusiness) before it reaches us; even our air is conditioned, he added, though … Continue reading
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Tagged Dai Due, deer, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, hunting, Madroño Ranch, meat
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Faith, bureaucracy, and sheep: thoughts on changing one’s mind
In my last post, I decided to postpone my public ululations over the recent elections. As I’ve spent the last week or so in an apparently endless struggle to get the Madroño Ranch bison label approved by the Texas Department … Continue reading
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Tagged Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, meat, Moral Majority, regulation, religion, Tea Party
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Adventures in Business-Land
This week, during a solo trip to Madroño, Heather spent much of her time knocking on doors in Kerrville, Bandera, Medina, Tarpley, and vicinity, hoping to convince chefs and restaurateurs to buy locally raised, grass-fed bison meat from the ranch. … Continue reading
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Tagged agribusiness, Austin, bison, farming, Madroño Ranch, meat, Texas Hill Country, Thunder Heart Bison
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Carnivorocity, take two
Meat-eating has been the topic of much discussion recently, at least in what I’ve been reading. Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book, Eating Animals, has generated a significant buzz; if you Google “foer eating animals,” you get 961,000 results. Foer spent … Continue reading
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Tagged bison, Christopher Marlowe, economics, Jonathan Safran Foer, limits, Mary Oliver, meat, vegetarianism, Wendell Berry
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Carnivorocity
Since we’re in the early planning stages for our first Madroño Ranch bison harvest, I’ve been reflecting on issues of carnivorocity, which my spell-checker tells me isn’t a word. It suggests “carnivorousness” instead. But I prefer my neologism because it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, bison, Dai Due, God, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, meat, predators, vegetarianism
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