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Know Your Neighbor: David Ernst

Farmer David Ernst is passionate about raising livestock while protecting the environment through a variety of scientific methods.

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Local Flavors of New Douglas

Ernst Family Farms creates pasture-to-plate success story. Some might say it has everything to do with location.

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Farm-To-Table Success Story

Some might say it has everything to do with location. Others might say it was sheer luck.

Pasture-to-plate success story

Some might say it has everything to do with location. Others might say it was sheer luck. Deep down, the Ernst family of Ernst Family Farms near New Douglas knows having a quality product ultimately deserves all the kudos for helping them grow their operation into a farm-to-table success story. Owned by David Ernst, Ernst Family Farms brings beef production full circle in the shadows of St. Louis.

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Regenerative Farming

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Farmer David Ernst is passionate about raising livestock while protecting the environment through a variety of scientific methods. He seems to embrace the concept of the “chaos” or “butterfly theory”