Before you leap into grassfed beef production, learn from those who already have been there.

A CASE STUDY: The Development and Efficacy of Pasture-Raised Beef Marketing Messages (pdf 2.6MB)

Full Circle Farm
Don Adams and Nan Bonfils
Madrid, IA. 50156
515.795.3288
Practical Farmers of Iowa Supported by FoodRoutes and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Ag. September 2005 1579 P Avenue Case

A CASE STUDY: The Development and Efficacy of Pasture-Raised Beef Marketing Messages (pdf 1MB)

Thankful Harvest, Tom and Kristi German, 5139 210th Street, Holstein, IA 51025. 712.365.4433 tagerman@netllc.net
Practical Farmers of Iowa Supported by FoodRoutes and the Leopold Center for Sustainable Ag. September 2005 Case Study

Romance vs Reality: Hard Lessons Learned in a Grass-fed Beef Marketing Cooperative (pdf 123kb)

Tallgrass Prairie Producers Co-op operated from 1995 to 2000, raising and marketing grass-fed
beef from ten Kansas ranches. It ceased active operation in 2000. Below is the story of why and how. While the cluster continues to explore ways to work together, former business manager Annie Wilson offers the following as their lessons learned in the hopes that others will benefit from what they’ve learned.