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GrassRoots Meats Newsletter
January 2007
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in this issue
-- Happy New Year!
-- Why Us And Not Someone Else?
-- Union of Concerned Scientists
-- Colorado Delivery -- Ground Beef Sale -- In Closing...
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Happy New Year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What a wonderful year this has been for Allan and me
personally, as well as for GrassRoots Meats. Truly
the best part of our business is getting to know each
of you better. It has been our great pleasure to meet
so many of you in person this last year, as we have
delivered to you, and to reacquaint ourselves with all
of you placing reorders. For some we just know you
by your phone voice, but we value your friendship as
much as we value your business.
Thank you so much for making this such a successful year for GrassRoots Meats. We worked our way through so many challenges over the year, but one of the biggest ones was having enough meat to fill the orders. Not a bad problem to have. We are working hard to position ourselves to be able to meet a growing demand for this coming year.
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Why Us And Not Someone Else? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A customer in Denver posed this question to us while
he was trying to make a decision where to buy his
beef, and it really got me to thinking. Most of our
customers are having their meat delivered or
shipped, which adds additional expense and which
must be justified. I told him that "you need to at least
commit to buy from someone you know and trust, or
can establish a working relationship with. We
appreciate each of our customers and strive to meet
their needs, often adjusting to accommodate a new
idea. If you buy from us we would like to stay in
communication (through our newsletter and emails
and phone calls) and anticipate your needs so that
we can be more efficient in our production and
processing."
I also told him that we are deeply committed to grass-finishing cattle and sheep. Allan has spent a great deal of time and money finding the right kind of animals that finish well on grass, and spends an incredible amount of time and labor improving the pastures they graze on. Producing quality beef and lamb is about a lot more than just turning an animal out on grass. Genetics, forage systems, rotational grazing - so many things go into it. Allan said that if anyone would like to actually talk to him about his agricultural practices, he would be more than happy to visit with them. His cell phone number is 970-749-7670. That is about the only way you can catch him, but he loves sharing his knowledge with others.
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Union of Concerned Scientists ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't really know anything about the Union of
Concerned Scientists, but back in March of 2006 they
published a report about grass-fed beef that I thought
you might be interested in looking at. Just click on the
link and you can read the article. Probably nothing
new to a lot of you but should make you feel better
about eating our meat.
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Colorado Delivery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are going to be making a run to Denver mid to late
January and can make a loop to hit some of you along
the way, if you are needing product. We have a fairly
good stock of most things, but we are a little short on
a few products, so just drop me an email or call with
your order and I can let you know if we can fill it on this
run.
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Ground Beef Sale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our ground beef is still on sale for the month of
January, at 25% off. That brings it down from $4.29
per pound to $3.22 per pound. As I am sure many of
you are aware, at $4.29 per pound it is considerably
less expensive than many of our competitors, but at
$3.22 per pound it is a smoking good deal! So be
sure to take advantage of this great offer before the
month is out.
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In Closing... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once again we would just like to say thank you so
much for your business, your encouragement, and
your friendship. We pray that your families are healthy
and prosperous and that this coming year is your
absolute best ever. We are looking forward to 2007.
Each year we pray that it does not go by too fast, but I
have found that determining to enjoy each minute and
each day slows time down a lot. We often become so
focused on tomorrow, or next week, or next month,
that we miss the moment and it is a new year way too
soon. Don't let the concerns of tomorrow rob you of
the joy of today.
God bless you all!
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Quick Links... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Email:
grassroots@centurytel.net
Phone:
970-731-1471; 800-681-2260
Website:
http://www.grassrootsmeats.com
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