With the demand for healthier options a growing reality around the globe, the Durham Ranch team embarked on a reconnaissance mission to Hawaii to spread the word about bison as a protein alternative.  They met with long time Executive Chef Perry Bateman of the famous Mama’s Fish House on Maui’s north shore.  Chef Perry serves over 30,000 meals a month and was eager to hear about the health attributes of bison meat and sustainable ranching on Durham Ranch.

In total the mission encompassed visiting with chefs and managers from multiple properties on Maui and Oahu, as well as our distributor friends at VIP.  Each visit was met with a great deal of enthusiasm about the Durham Ranch and the possibility of using bison meat on their menus.

When combining healthy and sustainable, Durham Ranch Bison is an excellent choice!

 Photo: Maui Jim/aka “Uncle Buck”, Gaylynn and John working hard on Maui!

In visiting a restaurant, patrons were once interested mostly in the taste of the food and the ambiance. While that still holds true, the push for sustainable, local and organic skyrocketed, and it became just as important to find out about the mission of the restaurant. Where do they obtain their food? Are they supporting local farms? Do they use the freshest ingredients? All of this while still, of course, maintaining a menu you can sink your teeth into and an ambiance you love to experience. 

Any time you order Durham Ranch from the menu, you can be assured that the meat was raised in a natural and sustainable way, and likely came from a small family farm or ranch.  But what about the greens?  … why, they’re on the walls!  Read more… 

Bison is a red meat lover’s dream come true. It provides all the flavor of beef without the downside. You can enjoy succulent steaks without high cholesterol and juicy burgers without all the fat. It’s lower in cholesterol than even chicken and is a great source of iron.

Click to see how your favorite protein stacks up against bison.