In the News
Health & Wellness for Life
This year many of us started off with the go-to resolution… lose weight, get fit and begin our journey towards health and wellness. What approaches are the best when it comes to choosing the right diet? Wait. Strike that. What is the best approach when it comes to changing our lifestyle?
South Dakota Public Broadcasting: A Conversation with Yvon Chouinard & Dan O'Brien
As the year winds to a close, we reflect back on all that we have been able to accomplish. It is all driven by you, our caring customers who care about how your food is raised. We truly appreciate your support and offer you heartfelt thanks for giving us the opportunity to continue our greater mission of prairie conservation.
Rapid City Journal: Wild Idea Gets Ink and Praise
A well known businessman who spoke Saturday in Rapid City praised the role of a South Dakota bison ranch in sparking an agricultural revolution.
Yvon Chouinard, founder of the outdoor clothing company Patagonia, participated in a public discussion of environmentalism with Dan O’Brien, founder of Wild Idea Buffalo Company.
The Cost of Buffalo Meat
About a month ago, we raised our buffalo meat prices. The costs are driven by supply and demand, which affects the market price for buffalo set by the USDA, and also other inflationary costs associated with raising an animal and ending up with a consumer ready, packaged product.
My Journey to Health & Wellness
Wild Idea Buffalo is on the top of my list as high-quality meat purveyors to recommend to clients. As many of you know their practices go far beyond the gold standard of the paleo/primal world’s “grass-fed” and create a category of their own.
Giving Tuesday 2017
'Tis the season for giving! This year with your help, we were able to deliver a check for $622.86 and a $311.43 box of nutritious buffalo meat to “The Club For Boys” on Giving Tuesday. These gifts may not seem like a lot, but for a small specialty food company (food companies are typically among the lowest gross margin businesses), it’s a big deal.
Two Announcements!
Wild Idea Buffalo Co. was this years recipient of their communities Sustainability award!
Food & Wine: "A Modern Day Bison Primer"
Our mission of prairie restoration and field harvesting was recently highlighted in a Food & Wine article by Caroline Abels and Civil Eats titled, A Modern Bison Primer.
Prairie Roots
This week my inbox was inundated by emails including a link to a Washington Post article enumerating the negative effects of converting North America’s grasslands to cropland. For me, there wasn’t much news in the article, as I’m in the final stages of publishing a book on the subject. Still, it is amazing to note that so few people know about a problem that threatens America at its very core.
