FROM THE RANCHERS

Dear Friend,

How often do you get a chance to excite your palate and satisfy your conscience at the same time?

That opportunity is yours for the taking . . . when you become one of the charter customers of Conservation Beef.

Conservation Beef gives you more than great-tasting gourmet steaks and burgers. It gives you the chance to help preserve some of America’s finest Western landscapes.

Conservation Beef is raised by family ranchers who have dedicated themselves to maintaining and enhancing their lands for the good of nature. These ranchers are working with Artemis Wildlife Foundation to sustain healthy landscapes—and to produce steaks and burgers that are both environmentally friendly and absolutely mouth-watering.

Conservation Beef comes straight from nature. So it tastes the way beef was meant to taste.

What else distinguishes Conservation Beef?

Health: Our cattle never receive added growth hormones and are raised without antibiotics.

But Conservation Beef isn’t just good for you. It’s just plain good. It flat-out tastes better.

Care: We go the extra mile to give Conservation Beef its exceptional flavor, and never hurry the process. We feed our cattle on rich, nutritious grass for at least 20 months. And we dry age our beefthe costly, old-fashioned wayto bring out the ultimate in rich beef taste. Then we cut, trim, or grind our beef by hand, according to our own picky standards.

All this effort pays off in extraordinary flavor: deep, tender, succulent.

Conservation: You—and those you give to—will enjoy the taste all the more, knowing that you are partners in conserving some of the most spectacular of our Western landscapes.

Places like Montana’s Madison Valley, heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ringed by snow-dusted mountains and rolling with rich grassland, the valley’s streams are filled with wild trout. And its mountain meadows and forests of aspen and fir are home to magnificent species like grizzly bear, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, golden eagle, and even the rare wolverine.

Places like the Big Hole River Watershed, the historic 150-mile stretch of mountain and meadow country in southwestern Montana beautifully described by Lewis and Clark. Along with native Westslope cutthroat trout, the Big Hole hosts the largest population of rare fluvial Arctic grayling in the lower 48 states. Rocky Mountain elk, moose, mountain lion, and osprey thrive in the Big Hole’s grasslands and timbered uplands.

Real places. Unforgettable places. Places that now, like many of the West’s other great ranchlands, are in danger of vanishingeither blanketed by invasive weeds or, worse yet, carved up forever into subdivisions.

Conservation Beef is out to change all that.

Our ranchers implement innovative land stewardship plans that will help protect healthy ecosystems for years to comepreserving healthy grasslands, diverse plant communities, clean water, and bird and wildlife habitat.

Rangeland scientists then monitor our ranchers’ stewardship plans to ensure that Conservation Beef’s rigorous standards are met. They assess ecological conditions, document long-term trends, and measure progress toward our conservation goals.

And in return for our ranchers’ extraordinary efforts, and to help ensure that they and their families can afford to stay on the land, Conservation Beef guarantees them a reliable and fair price for a truly exceptional product.

It’s a pioneering adventure we’re engaged in. We want to save the West’s wide open spaces by developing new markets for economically viable and ecologically sustainable ranching.

We want you as a partner in our work, and you don’t have to risk a thing doing it. Because if you’re not absolutely satisfied with Conservation Beef, you get your money back. Guaranteed.

Conservation Beef couldn’t be easier to buy. You can order it by mail, fax, phone, or Internetjust consult the Guide to Ordering for details. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff in Helena, Montana, will help you select just the right cuts and pinpoint the most convenient delivery date.

And remember: Conservation Beef makes a great gift.

So buy Conservation Beef . . . enjoy a special dining experience . . . and help us make sure the best of the American West is still around for generations to come. It’s a deal too good to pass up.

P.S. If you need any more information, give us a call toll-free at 406.495.8653.



Upper Photo: Blake McKitrick, McAllister, MT (Brian Kahn)
Lower Photo: Moving Cattle in the Centennial Valley, Southwestern MT (Craig and Liz Larcom)
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