Where the Buffalo Roam:
Photo Credit: Kaylee Baker
Green Acres Buffalo Farm
BY JESSIE SHOOK When imagining where the buffalo roam, does South Alabama come to mind? For Weston Spivey and his grandad, a buffalo farm was an opportunity to fill a need for Alabama. This family-owned farm, located in Slocomb, Alabama, is providing bison meat to restaurants and meat markets throughout the state. “The primary purpose of our farm is to raise quality bison for the harvest of meat,” said Weston Spivey, owner of Green Acres Buffalo Farm. “We are also equally dedicated to raising 40 Cooperative Farming News
quality animals for purchase of herd animals to our colleagues in other states.” Raising buffalo for meat is a unique but growing industry. The meat is more red in color, without the marbling you will find in beef. “It’s a leaner, more nutrient-packed meat,” Spivey said. “We have grass-fed and grain-fed, so the fat content is more natural and sweeter than regular beef if your program is correct.” While bison meat does not have the demand of beef, Spivey expressed that bison meat has
