Joel Huesby in Washington's Walla Walla Valley is among a handful of well-meaning, idealistic fanners throughout the U.S. who eschew conventional cattle farming practices. The pastures of Huesby's Thundering Hooves ranch function without fertilizers " Vegetarian" cattle and poultry roam freely on hundreds of acres. The cattle, fed on grasses and hay, remain free of antibiotics and hormones. What does he have to show for it? Like most alternative cattle farmers, very little in terms of profit - which e xplains why there are so few Joel Huesbys in the business.
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