In this Local Food, Local Voices podcast episode, we’ll meet the ranchers and farmers who have joined together to create Homestead Natural Foods, and we’ll learn the reasons they’ve turned they’re backs on the commercial beef industry to return to pasture-raised livestock.

Homestead Natural Food’s approach to a more sustainable and healthy food supply is to begin with the soil itself. “We’re all of us grass farmers first, and beef and poultry is the by-product,” says 6th generation Idaho rancher Ed Wilsey. “My granddad always said, “take care of the land and it will take care of you. We’ve cut our soil erosion down to practically nothing – our animals don’t take anything out that they don’t put back in.”

The Chocolat Bar’s mission can best be described has bringing the true experience of chocolate to its grateful customers. “Chocolate makes people happy, and when you have a high quality chocolate, you enjoy the experience even more. We use 100 percent chocolate with high cocoa content and all the cocoa butter that should be there to create a quality experience,” says owner Chris Preston.