Farm to Table: Gunpowder Bison
Gunpowder Bison & Trading Co. is a vendor at the Greenbelt Farmers Market.
Less than two miles outside Monkton, Maryland, an area known for its farms and scenic countryside, lies a bucolic 70-acre parcel of land that’s home to a creature best known to Western ranchers. Trey and Angela Lewis, owners of Gunpowder Bison & Trading Co., could have opted for alpaca, ostrich or rodeo bulls — all considered when Trey Lewis was researching livestock to raise on the farm. Instead, bison was deemed the animal of choice, and the couple launched their dream in 2006 with eight females (cows) and one bull. “Trey really wanted something different. He came across bison at a farm show,” Angela Lewis said, adding that her husband learned bison was making its way back into the market. “He took a gamble.” The gamble appears to have …
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