By Hal Walter
As cows go, she was an amazing animal, one of the original 14 head of cattle purchased from Virgil Lawson when we started this little venture in natural beef seven years ago. He insisted we had to have her as a “lead cow.” She’d keep the herd together, and was “bucket trained.”
You’re not suppose to name animals you might someday eat, but this solid black cow came with a name and it was Sophie.