Boy was I relieved. I often admire Red Tail Hawks as they soar and call out to prey with their high pitched screech. Tom McConnell of the Sustainable Ag. Center of WVU explained the grant opportunities available from SARE, the sustainable Agriculture Research Center. Several examples were right at hand - mouth watering meatballs made from beef raised by Headwaters Petite Beef Assoc.
Headwaters produces lean beef from young animals without antibiotics or hormones.
Farmers who raise these animals protect the headwaters of the Potomac which run through their farms by fencing off the streams from the animals and letting grass, shrubs and trees grow to filter animal runoff before it enters the water. Sustainability never tasted so good. Then every week for ten weeks she delivers 10 LB bags of fresh organically grown produce to each subscriber. Its a great system. Sue knows how much to plant because she already has the orders.