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About Us
Preserving Traditions: The Journey of American Lamb Meat from Pastures to Plates
Sheep have been a big part of our life. The Basque side of our family came to America and found their living as sheepherders in the western United States. Our Italian side farmed which grew the crops that fed the sheep over the winter months when the Colorado mountains were packed with snow. Our Italian relatives living in the urban areas worked in the city but never passed up a lamb dish.
The trend for the last few decades has shown that although people are earning more money, they are making less progress in their ultimate goals with less free time to pursue their true interests. Those on a fixed income find their standard of living deteriorating year after year and for those who followed the rule of saving their money are realizing they’ve lost all of their purchasing power. During this same time period, we have seen the agricultural and ranching traditions of the American West slowly slipping away. We have certainly seen that in our own family. Although we left the farm to get an education and pursue a professional career we know that our soul was forged in a different time and place. In many instances, we have fought against today’s culture of being too busy or finding easier ways to do things and have elected to keep many of our family traditions.
In a day and age where instant gratification and high time preference prevails, we are attempting to be outcasts by promoting what our forefathers did. They ate local and knew where their food came from. Sourcing local lamb meat should be easy but our personal experience has shown us that it is easier to get lamb meat from 10,000 miles away than it is to get from a local rancher.
As we battle to keep our livelihood and traditions, we hope to pass on some wisdom and knowledge about the minor topic of American lamb meat that represents so much more.
Whether you are a novice to lamb meat or an experienced carnivore we know you will get value out of our site. We even think an experienced sheepherder will want to come back again and again. We promise to keep the “ewe” jokes to a minimum.
