Buffalo

As a little girl, I remember Saturday mornings when my cousins and I would go feed the buffalo and deer at the wildlife park near my house in Wisconsin. I always thought it was so cool because who else got to feed buffalo at that young age, especially when there weren’t many buffalo left? After talking with Don Grubb from Buda, Illinois all these memories came tumbling back.

Don always knew he wanted to be a farmer. He and his wife, Arkie, raise Belted Galloway cattle, goats, four horses, and rent their farm land and hog farm out to surrounding farmers. The most unique thing about their farm is their small buffalo herd. One thing Don said you absolutely have to have when raising buffalo is a tall fence. He also explains the health benefits of eating buffalo versus other types of meat.

“Buffalo meat tastes like beef. If I didn’t tell you it was buffalo you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference, but your doctor could tell the difference because it has about fourth as many fat grams as choice beef and it’s lower in cholesterol than chicken. Not only that, it tastes good. If you like beef, you’ll love buffalo,” Grubb said.

Grubb will be spending the winter in Arizona riding his horses in the mountains and then plans on heading to Texas to follow the rodeo circuit. If he could do his life all over again, he would not change one single thing.

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