If you talk long enough to Ernie and Elmina Beiler, owners of a small cattle farm in Gap, PA, they’re bound to mention the word “value.” They believe their work enriches their lives. They have had customers echo the sentiment,…
After college, I lived in Chicago for five years. The winter would fitfully jolt into summer, skipping spring entirely, and sometimes on sunny April days I would stand on our apartment’s back balcony and wish for a tiny yard where…
Last Friday was a warm March day, over seventy degrees, and I opened the screen door while I cooked dinner. The kitchen filled with earthy breezes, the radio’s banter, and the sound and smell of sizzling free-range beef. I mixed…