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This year I have been bringing you stories of farmers, ranchers, and organizations that are dedicated to providing 'real & good' food and drink. These are products that are good for farmers and their workers, biodiversity, our families' tables, and the Earth we all share.

Essex County New York is in the heart of the Adirondacks and on the banks of Lake Champlain. Racey and Nathan Henderson are into their tenth year of raising, processing, and selling chicken that is Pasture Raised and Certified Organic on Reber Rock farm in Essex. Their chickens are on pasture and they have room to forage and get fresh air and fresh grass every day.

A very old-fashioned saying, "Cheap is dear' means that buying the cheapest item will cost much more in the long run. This is what has happened to berries for at-home consumption over the past several years.

Grady Grissom and his family operate Rancho Largo. On 14,000 acres of grassland and canyon in southeastern Colorado, they make a living and prove that it is possible to raise and market beef in a way that is additive to the environment, humane to cattle, and debunks the theory that eating beef has to contribute to climate chaos.