I still remember the day my husband and I told his family that we would be leaving South Carolina to move back to my family’s ranch in California. Looking back now, I can’t blame them for thinking we were crazy! Not only was California on the other side of the country, but we both had “good” jobs in South Carolina with the kind of future most college graduates spend their academic years striving to achieve.

Wilder Jones and his father Nate Jones are participating members of Desert Mountain Grass-Fed Beef. They are currently raising grass-fed/ finished, organic, Akaushi cattle (whew! say that 3x fast!) for the Desert Mountain program, as well as supplying the Wood River Valley, Treasure Valley and the Snake River Valley with organic fruits and vegetables through their farm King's Crown Organics.