Free-Range, Grass-Fed, and Pastured Livestock
Arizona Resources
Colorado Resources
New Mexico Resources
Utah Resources
Free-Range Poultry Production & Marketing
Grass-Based Production & Marketing
Pastured Livestock Production & Marketing
Case Studies
*Each resource within the Four Corners region will be marked with an asterisk
See also:
· Four Corners Marketing Programs & Services listings of regional resources applicable to a variety of topics.
· An Organic Producers’ Resource Guide to the Four Corners States for more regional organic production and marketing information.
· Environmentally Friendly Production for more marketing information related to ecologically sound production.
Arizona Resources
*Arizona Department of Agriculture: Animal Services Division
This resource website has information about various livestock regulations for the state of Arizona.
http://www.azda.gov/ASD/asd.htm
*Arizona Ranchers’ Management Guide
This guide contains extension-developed information on a wide range of issues related to Arizona ranch management, including information on production, policy, and economic issues.
http://ag.arizona.edu/arec/pubs/rmg/ranchers.html
*Fresh, Local & Sustainable Foods of Canyon Country
The Center for Sustainable Environments of the Northern Arizona University has published the fourth edition of a sustainable foods directory for Canyon Country, otherwise known as the Colorado Plateau or Four Corners region. The directory includes a listing of restaurants that serve local agricultural products.
http://www.canyoncountryfresh.nau.edu/
Colorado Resources
*Colorado Organic Producers Association
Provides education, information, and networking services to promote and facilitate the production, distribution, and consumption of Colorado organic food products. COPA members represent all segments of agriculture-production, processing, wholesale, retail, and consumer. The website has the contact information for various producers that raise grass-fed beef and free range products.
http://www.organiccolorado.org/
*Colorado Pastured Products Directory
The CO Pastured Products Directory is from the EatWild.com website, which is a source for safe, healthy, natural and nutritious grass-fed beef, lamb, goats, bison, poultry, pork, dairy and other wild edibles.
http://www.eatwild.com/products/colorado.html
*2010
The link below will take you to the main page of the CO Department of Agirculture Division of Markets. From there you can find the link to the Farm Fresh Directory. The farm and farmers' markets in the directory feature the highest quality, Colorado-grown produce. Inside you will also find information about county fairs, agricultural festivals, extension offices as well as a crop calendar.
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Agriculture-Main/CDAG/1167928159956
*Colorado State University Extension: Livestock Fact Sheets
The numerous fact sheets on the CSU extension site fall under the three topics of livestock management, health and judging.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/livestk/publive.html
*GrassRoots Meats
GrassRoots Meats, located in Southwestern CO, produces all natural, grass-finished beef and lamb raised without added hormones or antibiotics.
http://grassrootsmeats.com/
*Holistic Range Management brings Economic and Ecological Success to Colorado Farmer
This article from the New Farm highlights rancher Mark Frasier from Woodrow, CO who holistically manages 3,400 head of beef cattle yearlings and 400 head of fall-calving cows on 29,000 acres of native range.
http://www.newfarm.org/archive/1000_stories/sare_stories/frasier.shtml
New Mexico Resources
*New Mexico State University Extension: Livestock Publications
This is a rather extensive list of technical publications that have to do with livestock management.
http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_b/
*New Mexico Organic Producers Marketing Guide
This guide is designed to help you explore which markets might work best for you and give you some ideas about how to access those markets. Marketing topics include Farmers’ Markets, CSAs, Selling to Retail Outlets, Selling to Restaurants, and Selling to Wholesalers.
http://nmocc.state.nm.us/pdf/MarketManual.pdf
Utah Resources
*Small Pasture Management Guide for Utah
This is a resource guide put together by the Utah State University Extension. The guide helps the producer develop a plan for healthy small scale pasture management.
http://extension.usu.edu/htm/publications/publication=5732
*Treading Lightly Saves Rancher/Farmer from Losing Livelihood and More
Frank Bohman of Morgan, UT uses management intensive grazing methods for his 160 Hereford cow/calf beef herd. This article is from the New Farm website.
http://www.newfarm.org/archive/1000_stories/sare_stories/bohman.shtml
*Utah Livestock Producer Directory
This is a directory put together by the State of Utah Department of Agriculture.
http://ag.utah.gov/news/publications/documents/LivestockDirectory.pdf
*Utah State University Extension: Livestock Concerns
This webpage has information about small acreage animal production in Utah. Topics include information about pasture management and parasite control.
http://extension.usu.edu/smac/htm/animals
Free Range Poultry Production & Marketing
Alternative Poultry Production Systems and Outdoor Access
This publication discusses differences between alternative and conventional production systems. Various aspects of free-range systems in the U.S. and abroad are presented.
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/poultryoverview.html
ATTRA: Publications on Alternative Poultry Production
These publications include on information on the following topics; poultry business management, poultry processing and other small scale and alternative poultry topics.
http://attra.ncat.org/livestock.html#Poultry
Avian Influenza in Free-Range and Organic Poultry Production
This publication provides information on avian influenza as it pertains to this type of specialty poultry production.
http://attra.ncat.org/avian.html
Direct Marketing Pasture Poultry Products
This publication is based on a series of conference calls between eight pasture poultry producers and a number of guests. The information gathered from the calls has been synthesized into a marketing guide developed by the Kansas Rural Center.
http://www.kansasruralcenter.org/publications/DMPPP.pdf
Growing Your Range Poultry Business: An Entrepreneur’s Toolbox
This publication has information on making a profit from range poultry production through direct-marketing, building a processing plant, or working cooperatively with other producers.
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/poultrytoolbox.pdf
Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture
"Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture" features farmer experiences plus the latest research in a guide to raising chickens and turkeys using pens, movable fencing and pastures.
http://www.sare.org/publications/poultry.htm
Grass-Based Production & Marketing
ATTRA: Grass Farming Articles
This list of ATTRA publications includes articles about rotational grazing, nutrient cycling in pastures and organic pasture operations.
http://www.attra.org/livestock.html#Grass
Marketing Grass-Fed Beef
This is a valuable marketing guide developed by the Kansas Rural Center. The guide covers specific recommendations for marketing grass-fed beef.
http://www.kansasruralcenter.org/publications/grassfedbeef.pdf
Pastured Livestock Production & Marketing
Consumer Perceptions of Pasture-raised Beef and Dairy Products: An Internet Study
The Leopold Center and the ISU Business Analysis Laboratory cooperated to design and conduct a small Internet-based study focusing on pasture-raised beef and dairy products.
http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/staff/pasture/pasture.htm
Direct Marketing Pasture Poultry Products
This publication is based on a series of conference calls between eight pasture poultry producers and a number of guests. The information gathered from the calls has been synthesized into a marketing guide developed by the Kansas Rural Center.
http://www.kansasruralcenter.org/publications/DMPPP.pdf
*Holistic Range Management brings Economic and Ecological Success to Colorado Farmer
This article from the New Farm highlights rancher Mark Frasier from Woodrow, CO who holistically manages 3,400 head of beef cattle yearlings and 400 head of fall-calving cows on 29,000 acres of native range.
http://www.newfarm.org/archive/1000_stories/sare_stories/frasier.shtml
Case Studies
Pastured Poultry: A Heifer Project International Case Study Booklet
This booklet summarizes the experiences of 35 Southern farm families who from 1996-1999 participated in a project titled "Integrating Pastured Poultry into the Farming Systems of Limited Resource Farmers," conducted by the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and Heifer Project International (HPI).
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/pasturedpoultry.html
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