Windy N Ranch Celebrates 10 Years Certified Animal Welfare Approved

A Greener World

Greg, Laurie, Bradley and Lisha Newhall of Windy N Ranch in Ellensburg, WA, are celebrating 10 years of certification with Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW), the leading animal welfare and sustainability label across North America.

The Newhall family achieved Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW certification for their cattle, pigs, meat sheep, meat goats, chickens and chicken eggs in 2011. As one of the most diverse farms in the Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW program, Windy N Ranch has continued to add species to the farm to pursue their vision of the ranch as a one-stop operation that would allow their customers to get all their animal products in one place.


How one small business is fighting against the strong tide of the pandemic

North Kittitas County Tribune

This is a story about how Bradley Newhall, wife Lisha and Brad’s folks Greg and Laurie adapted to making a living while swimming against the pressure of a global pandemic that continues to threaten the survival of small businesses across Washington and, indeed, across America.


Windy N Ranch receives a grant, certification

Daily Record News

Windy N Ranch of Ellensburg recently was awarded a Good Husbandry Grant from Animal Welfare Approved, a third-party certification program and food label for sustainable, high-welfare, pasture-based farming, according to a news release from AWA.

AWA promotes innovative, forward-thinking farming practices through its Good Husbandry Grants program, funding projects across the nation that improve animal welfare and allow pasture-based farmers to increase productivity for their operations.

 

Birds of Paradise: Heritage Turkeys

Experience Life

On a thousand acres near Ellensburg, Wash., Greg and Laurie Newhall raise cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens and—as of this year—turkeys. This place, Windy N Ranch, is a free-range pasture paradise. And the turkeys here aren’t your average supermarket-variety birds, but a heritage breed called Black Spanish, one of 11 breeds (including Bourbon Red, Narragansett and White Holland) that the American Livestock Breeds Association is working to protect from extinction.