Cory Carman grew up in the Wallowa valley in eastern Oregon, the fourth generation on her family’s cattle ranch. On the wall in her office, she has a map of the surrounding land. She can point out which plots were purchased by her great-grandfather a century ago, and chart how the land was later split […]
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Not long ago, we did a taste test. Two nearly identical steaks: both fat ribeyes, both from Carman Ranch in Oregon so the cows had similar genetics, had eaten the same diet, and been raised to the same standards and in the same conditions. Both cooked to a nice medium rare. The only difference: one […]
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Cory Carman is a fourth generation cattle rancher in eastern Oregon. Carman Ranch used to be a conventional operation: they raised calves until they were old enough to be trucked off to feedlots. When Cory took over the ranch a decade ago, she took it back to the sort of grass-fed holistic management her great-grandparents […]
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You are what you eat. Your mom told you that. Turns out it’s true for farm animals, too. When animals live on pasture, they eat a more varied diet of different grasses, herbs, and flowers. The diet has an enormous impact on the flavor of meat it produces. Perhaps the most famous example is Ibérico […]
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