Locavore 2 - a write-up about Scottsdale’s famous Chef James Porter of Tapino Kitchen and Wine Bar when he put on a first class sponsored event in which local food growers and local restaurants were celebrated for their contribution to our community’s economy and healthy eating standards.

“...The beef, like the pork, was incredibly tender. Paired with the vegetables and potatoes it was a well rounded dish. The sauce – amazing! I would have licked my plate had I not been surrounded by 159 other diners!! I’m all about grass-fed beef and what that means for the health of us humans, the animal, and our environment so it was nice to see how good grass-fed beef tastes when cooked correctly, something I’m slowly learning to do at home…”

 

Television: (FOX News) nationwide coverage on March 7th, 2008.

 

The Phoenix City Grille featured a “dinner special” using O X Ranch Grass fed beef.  They ran out of meat due to high demand by 7:00pm.

 

Newspaper article: Arizona Republic on February 11th, 2008.

To survive, small ranchers turning all-natural
A handful of Arizona's modern-day cowboys have returned to their roots by reviving a natural style of raising beef that caters to health-conscious consumers. The cowboys are reintroducing natural ranching techniques once used by their counterparts more than 100 years ago...

 

Newspaper article: Arizona Republic on December 29th, 2007.

Century-old methods saving small ranches
Northwest of the Valley, amid desert mountains marked with ancient petroglyphs, a group of Arizona cowboys is returning to natural ranching techniques used by their counterparts more than 100 years ago. Past Wickenburg, on the Yavapai County border…