G Bar J Ranch

Website: www.g-jallnaturalbeef.com

All Natural Beef. Calves are under one year old for ultimate, melt in your mouth flavor and tenderness.

Greg and I got involved with beef in high school. He was active in FFA livestock shows and livestock judging with his Hereford heifer “Eleanor”. I was active in 4-H, involved in the county, district and state competition of meat/carcass identification and livestock judging. Both of us came from farm & ranch families from the Cromwell area. We were high school sweethearts and have planted our roots here on our 400 acre ranch in northern Seminole county, close to my parents and grandparents. On this ranch is where our children have played on the creeks, hunted the woods, swam and noodled the river, caught wild critters to raise and release, and this is where they have bonded by blood and sweat to the land.

We believe in the natural way and order of things – the way God intended. We had to learn this lesson the hard way. Our oldest child had severe reactions to her immunizations. We almost lost her to a blood disorder. From that hard, tear filled lesson, we became aggressive in the decisions concerning the health of our family. Three of our five children were born here on the farm, delivered by their dad. They have not received immunizations and are very healthy. The only instance of visiting a doctor was for a couple of stitches. Every illness is treated with herbs. The usual questions here: “How can they attend public school?” There are exceptions to the law- medical, religious, and philosophical. Basically, you are the parent and you have the right to say “NO”.

We began our “ranch” in 1990 with 40 acres. Our three oldest children wanted to rodeo, by riding calves. So we headed to the sale barn to find a heifer for them to practice on. “Firecracker” became our first mama cow. Her excellent milk line is still in the herd to this day. We were fortunate to buy 260 acres adjoining us in 2000. Our herd has slowly grown over the years as we worked to reclaim the abandoned and brush covered land. We are now at 75 Angus/Charolais mama cows. The Angus provides more marbling to the meat, while the charolais provides a meatier carcass. We began G-J All Natural Beef in 2005, selling butcher calves to friends and family. We’ve grown by word of mouth because we have an excellent product. Our beef is now being sold in the Shawnee House of Health food stores. Our goal is to produce a high quality product and to make a lifelong friendship with our customers.

Greg and I both have jobs off the farm. He works with computers and I am a junior high school teacher. I really enjoy being with the cows in the evening. “They don’t back talk with an attitude.” LOL

We enjoy our three grandbabies, going to sporting events with our kids, hosting bluegrass bands in our home, going on wagon train rides, hog hunting, hearing coon dogs run in the evening, sponsoring wilderness camp for summer school, raising garden products for senior citizens, and sharing a cold glass of ice tea on the front porch with a friend.

We believe in the 3 F’s: Family, Friends and Fun.

Our herd consists of a registered Black Angus bull and 75 Charolais cross cows on 400 acres of northern Seminole county river bottom land. Black Angus puts marbling in the meat while the Charolais cross cows are good milkers and are a beefier animal. The best of both worlds. Our All Natural Beef calves are born here on the ranch. I know the family tree of each animal. Our calves do not recieve any antibiotics, growth hormones, or animal by-products. If a calf were to become ill, we do treat them, but they are removed from the all natural program and are sold at market as conventional beef. Our calves are pulled from their mother at about 7-9 months and put in a wide open lot with lots of grass or wheat in season and fed a heavy molasses sweet feed. Due to its age and the feed, the meat will be extremely tender.

We use chicken litter for fertilizer when available. We are in the process of building a pond, clearing underbrush and getting Bermuda grass reestablished after 30 years of neglect.

Our USDA processing occurs at Big Cabin, Oklahoma. Our custom processor is Butch’s processing at Seminole, Oklahoma. Extremely clean facilities and superb service. Beef is available all year round. If you are caught in the middle of the month or if I am out of a certain cut, please check with the House of Health in Shawnee, which carry the G-J brand All Natural Beef. Coming in the near future the G-J All Natural Beef will be in the Rock Creek Health Food store in Sapulpa.

G-J All Natural Beef has gone to great lengths to provide exceptionally lean, naturally fed, and individually pampered beef. G-J wants you to revel in the rich full bodied flavor, succulently tender texture that will provide a meal fit for a King!