Edible Columbus

Another Kind of Service

• Photo by Julian Foglietti

  The cows are 100% grass-fed and grass-finished, a step that Paul explains is necessary to produce a quality steak.

• The chickens Paul raises are Freedom Rangers, a hybrid breed commonly raised as meat birds.

• Paul Dorrance, owner of Pastured Providence Farmstead, a member of the Farmer Veteran Coalition, the recipient of a 2018 grant through the FVC’s Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund and an Air Force reservist and former active-duty pilot.

• “You can raise good kids anywhere. You can raise good kids in the military. But for some reason, it seems a lot easier to raise good kids out in the country. I don’t know why that is, but I love it. I love it for them.”