Editor's Note
"Our next four newsletters will explore different aspects of "Nature's Model." This issue is about food and how our choices about what we eat affect not only our health but also the health of our lands. Many of us are probably unaware of how far we have come from Nature in the production of our food in this country and how that has contributed not only to deterioration of our health but to the deterioration of our land. We hope this issue will be an eye opener!

Contents:

• "Why Grassfed is Best" -Jo Robinson
• "Announcing the Formation of the Southwest Grass-Fed Livestock Alliance"
• "From the Founders" -Jim Winder, Courtney White, Barbara Johnson
• "Welfare Soybean Farming vs. Welfare Ranching" -Gary Nabhan
• "The James Ranch: The Challenge of Grass-Finished Beef"
• "Quivira's 2nd Annual Conference: Ranching at the Crossroads: Forging a West that Works"
• "The Far Horizon" -Courtney White