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Grass-Fed & Pasture-Raised vs. Factory-Farmed > Meet the Farmer

Welcome to San Juan Land & Livestock  Farmer George Whitten likes to say he learned everything he needed to know about life by walking behind an old ewe. Born near Saguache, Colorado, on the ranch that has been in his family for 127 years, he was an environmentalist before he ever heard the word. At 8,000 feet, the land is dry and the weather is extreme, going down to 30° below in the winter. One day, when George was 48, a bus full of students from the Audubon Expedition Institute arrived. They wanted to learn what he was up to....

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