If you’re like the other 95% of people on the planet, you eat too eat meat. But too little time is spent considering where one of the largest sources of meat comes from in America – Cattle. With broken food supply chains exposed during COVID, outsourced beef and processing to foreign countries, and the deceptive practices of those who label our beef products, it’s hard to know what you’re really getting.
My guest today, former Navy SEAL, Greg Putnam, is doing something about it with a company he founded along with fellow Navy SEAL, Tim Sheehy called Little Belt Cattle Company. Greg and I discuss where our beef actually comes from, the balance between quality and quantity cattle ranchers have to find, the pros and cons of large industrial beef processing compared to the smaller, local ranches, what “grass-fed” and “organic” beef actually means, the importance of being connected with our food sources, and why we need to re-think the American beef supply.
Greg Putnam spent 10 years in the SEAL Teams and, after service, felt a strong pull to get into cattle ranching as not only a way of life but a way to continue to be in service of the country after his military career.
He and fellow Navy SEAL, Tim Sheehy, founded Little Belt Cattle Company as a first-generation cattle ranch in Montana in 2020. With very little experience in ranching, Greg and his team have created a notable cattle ranching operation in an industry that isn’t always too welcoming of newcomers.
Greg has combined his military experience with a level of curiosity and dedication to finding new and improved ways of supplying meat to Americans and they’re making big moves.
As of the release of this podcast, I am currently in Africa on a hunt and safari with my oldest son. This is an adventure dream come true for both of us and it’s only possible because I was introduced to hunting only 8 years ago.
Since then, I’ve hunting Hawaii, Texas, Minnesota, Maine, Utah, Arizona, and now we can add Africa to that list.
I get a lot of questions about how to start hunting from many of you every week. And, that’s why I decided to co-found a company called M42 Adventures – to introduce men and women to all sorts of outdoor experiences from hunting in Africa to surfing in Costa Rica to horseback riding in the desert of Southern Utah.
If you’re ready for an adventure but don’t know where to start, look no further than M42 Adventures.
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