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Podcasts Parker Pastures Grass fed Beef Nutrient Dense

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In honor of the 18th year of Parker Pastures, let me take you back to the beginning.
In 2006, my parents founded Parker Pastures.
After working on the short grass prairie of Colorado at the Chico Basin Ranch, they were eager to return home and raise the family in their beautiful, green, lush mountain valley in Gunnison, CO.
We landed at my grandparents' Creekside Ranch along the lazy Tomichi Creek, and that's where Parker Pastures started! Children, chickens, cattle, pigs, sheep, turkeys, and milk cows filled the fields!
The mission to provide healthy, pasture-raised, grass-fed and finished meats for our family and community fueled our work.
For the next few years, we lived at this ranch in the old white ranch house beneath a sagebrush hill and above irrigated fields.
Weekends were spent at the Farmers Markets, mornings milking cows, days caring for cows, pigs, chickens, and sheep, plus irrigation & haying, then evening collection of eggs, plus raising three little people! Sound wild? It WAS!
The days, weeks, and months were crazy and, to be honest, not sustainable. You can't build a sustainable business on unsustainable effort. - Dave Pratt
So, when my mom and dad attended a Ranching For Profit School and joined the EL, finances were analyzed, and deep values and quality of life reassessed until it became clear that some enterprises needed to go.
Finally, we simplified the business to what we did best...High Quality, Nutrient Dense Grass-fed and Grass-finished BEEF 🥩
Over the years, our business has evolved and changed, but the foundation of providing high-quality meat raised in a way that's healing to the environment has never changed.
But this story did not come without its hardships and heartbreak.
While I was working on a ranch in Oklahoma gaining experience and knowledge, my mom was diagnosed with cancer, so I immediately came home.
Within just a few months, I became responsible for our meat company, Parker Pastures, as well as helping my dad run our ranch.
The summer of 2022 was filled with so many challenges, and also so much growth as I learned how to run a business, the stress of payroll (if you know you know) and taking care of the day-to-day operations.
I've always loved ranching and known that it's a part of my calling, so it was no surprise when something so God-ordained occurred.
Just a few weeks before turning 20 in February 2023, I took over Parker Pastures.
This past year has been insane and a whole story within itself. Yet, even in the hard and challenges, it is SUCH an honor and privilege to provide families across the nation with high quality and nutrient-dense beef and to also continue the legacy of Parker Pastures and my mom—a legacy brimming with faith, kindness, and holistic well-being for all.
And of course, I would not be here today without you!
Thank you for your continual and shining support!
It takes a village, and we couldn't ask for a better, more abundant village of animals, plants, bugs, and amazing beautiful humans!
So there you have it. The short version of our Parker Pastures story.
I can't wait to see what the next adventure brings.