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Our dedication to a wholesome product seems to resonate not only with our customer base but with the media at large.
Our dedication to a wholesome product seems to resonate not only with our customer base but with the media at large.
Features
Health Department Battle
Pinal County Tries Take our Land
- Arizona Republic: "Arizona Cattle Rancher Finds Old Ways are New Again" (Sept 2012)
- Channel 4 KVOA: "Healthy Beef" (Oct 2008) Video piece on grass-fed beef versus standard store-bought beef.
- Channel 12: "Sonoran Style" (Jun 2008) Video piece on the ranch, we're about 2/3 the way through the segment.
- Tucson Weekly: "A Young Couple Leaves the Rat Race" (July 2007) Describes how we came to be where we are
- Channel 12: "Desert Living" (Aug 2007) Video piece on Farmers' Markets
- 1330 AM "The Jolt," 14 July, 2007 Radio interview with lawyer Ken Goldberg (This link no longer available)
- Inside Tucson Business: "New Downtown Restaurants to Expand the 'Eat Local' Philosophy" (Oct 2012)
Health Department Battle
- Tucson Citizen: "Cut Government Link to the Food Chain" (Jun 25, 2008) Guest Opinion, discussing Arizona's legal stand on the producer-consumer relationship
- Tucson Weekly: [Opinion] "Farmers' Markets Under Fire" (Jan 2008) Tackling the Pima County Health Department's implausible regulations
- Tucson Citizen: "A Regulatory Beef" (Jan 10, 2008) Piece describing the attempts at conciliation with Pima County Health Department
- Tucson Weekly: "A Growing Controversy" (Jan 2008) Follow-up piece describing the Farmers' Markets and Pima County Health Department
- 1330 AM "The Jolt," 5 Jan, 2008: Regarding legal restrictions on producers (Link no longer available)
Pinal County Tries Take our Land
- Copper Basin News "County Granted Easement at 'Dudleyville' Crossing" (February 21, 2008) News story regarding Pinal County's Eminent Domain action against Double Check Ranch
- Courthouse News: "Eminent Domain Case Pits County against Feds, Ranchers against Off-Roaders" (March 17, 2008) News story regarding Pinal County's Eminent Domain action against Double Check Ranch) A very good story about the significance of the court decision for Conservation Easements across the nation.
- Center For Biological Diversity: "San Pedro River Clean Water Act Violation Complaint Filed Against Pinal County" (March 4, 2008)Press Release regarding destructive activities of Pinal County on the Double Check Ranch
- Tucson Weekly: "Short Cut Conundrum" (Mar 27, 2008) Regarding Pinal County's attempt to take our land and the larger issues at stake (conservation easements, etc.)
- Arizona Republic: "Road War" (Jun 3, 2008) Conservation values and the issue of public access
- Channel 3 News, Phoenix: "Road War" (Jun 21, 2008) Conservation values and the issue of public access
