Items by Mark Dowie — 3 items
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Mad cow threat opens the door to grassfed beef
The writer knows ranchers who want to market the safest beef grown – grass fed – but who can’t quite make it work
by Mark Dowie, Aug 22, 2005 -
Ranchers band together to break a monopoly on marketing
The next thing you might hear is a phone call from that same rancher to his or her congressman asking support for a ban on packer ownership of cattle. Packers are the people at the end of the line of raising a calf; they turn cattle into steaks and hambur
by Mark Dowie, Nov 19, 2002 -
Notes from a fence-sitter
An environmentalist with a Wyoming ranching background tries to find common ground between greens and cowboys who both love the land.
by Mark Dowie, Apr 10, 2000






