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  St Augustine Record July 16, 2009
  Happy cows make great steaks By RICHARD VILLADONIGA, | rvilladoniga@yahoo.com | Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
  
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  This is the third installment in a new series called "Kitchen Conversations" in which you can read excerpts of conversations I have with people who are changing the way we eat and think about food.

  In this week's article, I am profiling local cattle rancher Howard Griffin, who owns an 1,800-acre property in Putnam County on which he and his wife Debbie humanely raise grass-fed beef, which is becoming an attractive alternative to industrially raised corn-fed beef for a number of reasons.

  Griffin began ranching after a career in mortgage software, following what has become a trend by urbanites to live a more rural lifestyle. His beef is tender, well-marbled and dry-aged to seal in its flavor. The beef that I sampled from his ranch was juicy and full-flavored, the product of months of nurturing and pampering his cattle.

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