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North Dakota Beef to School program benefiting local students

Sue Roesler
Mar 25, 2022
Mar 25, 2022 Updated Mar 26, 2022

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Head cook Sue Caron of Kidder School District said this about beef from Bowdon Meat Processing Co-op:

“We really like cooking with North Dakota beef. The first thing we noticed about the beef was the color – it looked amazing; it was lean and it smelled like real beef. Cooking with it, it had a wonderful aroma,” she said.

Cooks in the Kidder County School District in Steele bought North Dakota beef from Bowdon Meat Processing Co-op, and I-BAND members brought it to the school’s kitchen, representing the North Dakota Beef to School program.

August Heupel, I-BAND member and rancher near Medina, brings North Dakota beef to schools in the state from local processing plants.

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Many North Dakota schools are buying North Dakota beef from their local processing plant for student lunches, thanks to an ongoing campaign by Independent Beef Association of North Dakota (I-BAND) members.

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