Dear Friends and Partners,
Welcome to Alderspring’s weekend edition newsletter! Thank you for partnering in what we do!
Below you can find beef discounts, Glenn’s weekly story, and lots of photos from the ranch!
Scroll down for this week’s story:
“Annie Rides Wild”
This Week’s Store Update & Coupons
NEXT SHIPPING DAY: Monday, November 18th. This is our last shipping day before Thanksgiving! We will be closed for shipping the week of Thanksgiving.
What’s In Stock
Beef was restocked earlier this week. Unfortunately, many cuts have already sold out, but we still have:
- Sixteenths
- Quarter beef: lot 3196, lot 3212, lot 3208 and lot 3209
- Ground beef bundles
- Leaner New York steak
- Tenderloin roast
- Wild hunter
- Glenn’s scratch and dent packs
- Beef sticks
- Wild alaskan sockeye salmon
- Pastured pork chops
- Pastured pork liver
- Pastured pork kidney
- Pastured pork heart
- Pastured pork fat
- Lamb bones
- Lamb loin chops
- Raw milk sheep cheese Carmen Carrano
- Lifeline organic raw milk cheddar
- Lifeline organic pastured butter
- Tallow skincare
This week’s coupon cuts
Use the code “#2SIXTEENTH” to get 5% off #2 grass fed sixteenths with shoulder tender, flatiron, and sirloin steaks.
Use the code “3209QUARTER” to get 10% off 3209 grass fed leaner quarter beef.
Click the green button below or the green words above to access these cuts!
If you have any questions, observations, or comments, just send Kelsey an email at help[at]alderspring[dot]com.
Pictures from the ranch this week…
When it comes to assessing the quality of available forage Glenn is the definition of hands on.
He will often use a spectrometer to assess the nutrient content/energy levels in the grass and alfalfa. This involves crushing a representative sample of the forage, putting the extracted plant “juice” on the spectrometer plate, and holding it up to the sun, as he is doing here. He can then reads the Brix level on the scale in the viewfinder, which represents the amount of sugar in the plants.
Looking at the forage available from both the perspective of what the cattle need and what the land needs takes wisdom and practice. Our goal is to honor and care for both the land and the animals under our care to the best of our ability.
Many of the puppies have now gone to new homes, but several are sticking around for the long term as they have stolen the hearts of various Alderspring crew members. Soon there will be several new little cowdogs up on the range and out in the fields learning the art of herding cattle. Photo credit Justice Mitchell.
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Quote of the Week
“Rest and be thankful.”
– William Wordsworth
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And that’s it for this week!
Thanks again for partnering in what we do!
Glenn, Caryl, cowgirls and cowboys at Alderspring.
We’ve been crafting our pastured protein here in Idaho’s Rocky Mountains for nearly 30 years and delivering it direct to our partners for nearly as long. This is wild wellness, delivered from our ranch to your door.
Why is Inventory Low Lately?
Here’s where we’re at on the “low inventory” situation…and why it’s low in the first place! We know many of you have been with us for a long time and rely on us as your source of protein (and we’re so grateful)!
In the last few months, we’ve been hit by a lot of unexpected demand.
When it comes to raising beef, changes in demand can be very difficult to respond to quickly. It takes us 2-3 years to raise an animal to finish. That means we plan our inventory needs about 2 years in advance.
Many companies and producers we know of that sell direct-to-consumer respond to sudden increases in demand by buying outside cattle (often at sale barn auctions) and then selling that beef under their label. This is VERY common.
But this kind of “cow flipping” isn’t something we’re willing to do.
We know the entire history of every beef we sell. That’s important to us, and we know it’s important to you and part of why you trust us to raise your beef.
We’re working right now to gradually increase our available inventory to hopefully provide more beef! But at a certain point, we actually can’t expand further without compromising our standards.
We know that the reason many of you order from us is because we’re small scale. We butcher our cattle at a small processor that only does about 80 head of cattle per week (compared to thousands at a big facility). This also limits our capacity to expand, because they, too, are functioning at capacity right now. We also raise only as many cattle as our pastures can support without degrading our soils. And we’re still small enough that Glenn personally looks at every single steak before he puts it in your box to ship to you. These factors are why you order from us! But it also means occasional inventory limitations.
Your partnership with alderspring directly supports our mission to improve soil health, wildlife habitat, and animal and human wellness through regenerative ranching practices.
Here’s what we’ve accomplished with your help & support in just the last 12 years!
More information about our regenerative practices and outcomes can be found at the button below.
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