“Maybe you people need to know what real life is. The importance of honoring and respecting these animals. Like every other rancher I know.”

—Maggie White

This is one of those videos I listened to months ago and placed in the back of my mind, wondering if, when and how I might present it. I listened to it with rapt attention.

I came to the following conclusion: It’s the best interview I have ever heard about the true realities of ranching and meat production. Cows and bulls are taken care of for their lifespan of up to 14 years, very carefully. They are treated with love and respect, and fed very carefully. Just like a dog or a cat, they get to the end of their lives.

“You love em,” she says.

It’s a very different interview than I’ve ever heard, very down to earth.

Her kids, grandkids, great grandkids, give names to every cow and bull. They do not kill them all.

I learned so much from this interview. And the fact she is a lifelong carnivore, (65 years,) that she is 85 and looks 45, well, that’s interesting, but that’s not why I’m sharing it.

I’m sharing it because it’s a very interesting look into old school ranching, which gets a bad rap, because we don’t know anything and rarely bother to find out.

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