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Along
the finger of islands
that stretch from Alaska into the Bering Sea is the pristine
USA island of Umnak. All kinds of waterfowl, seabirds, eagles,
and marine mammals live serenely on and around this uninhabited
paradise island. Umnak is in one of the most remote and mysterious
locations on earth – quite literally “The Land That Time Forgot”.
To our specific interests is a sustainable herd of over
6,000 healthy wild Hereford’s. The original herd
was planted here by the Russians back in the 1700’s and later
by ranchers in the 1960’s. These animals graze on the nearly
purple-green plush vegetation fortified by Alaska’s night-less
summer days. The animal’s meanderings bring them from active
volcanoes and bubbling hot springs to vast treeless expanses
plush with tender nutrition-rich flowering vegetation. The
beef, the wild fauna they eat, and the water they drink have
received the highest level of 100% Certified Organic by Oregon
Tilth, Inc. To say that this island and everything on it,
is “organic” is an enormous understatement.
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