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By Sheila Stogsdill Family offers direct beef sales from their Wagyu-influenced herd

A piece of “perfect” property in Delaware County, Okla., adjacent to the Missouri border was the key to lure Jack and Krista Sampson from the busy Tulsa lifestyle.

“Jack’s grandfather was a dairy farmer and his father raised beef cattle,” Krista said. “He had a desire to rerun to the cattle business and raise our boys – Mack, Coy and Cy – on a ranch.”

The decision to move from Tulsa was about 12 years ago. Jack has a passion for nutrition and Krista has a background as a registered nurse. Jack also has had an interest in water and land conservation and is now part of the Lake O’ the Cherokees sub-water shed association.

Raising three boys, Jack and Krista soon realized the value of quality nutrition.

“Quality of the beef and the docile nature of the animal are top priorities for us,” Krista said. “We are a fourth-generation ranching family and we know what good beef is supposed to taste like.”

After a brief stint of operating Forage, a health food store offering locally-grown products and chef prepared food, the family switched from a physical location to an online sales and delivery of farm-raised beef, local chicken, milk and other offerings.

They offer eights, quarters, halves and whole beef packages. The oneeighth ends up being approximately 50 pounds of packaged beef, Krista explained.

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The family farm has 50 cows that are used for breeding stock and then approximately 50 calves of various ages, she said. “The steers we keep to feed out, the heifers we either retain to replace aging cows or we sell them,” said Krista. “Our goal is to raise the best, healthiest beef possible. We have strong beliefs Grove, Okla. about how the best way to raise beef is, and it is often counter to common practices.”

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