Ridge Shinn, is the founder and CEO of a new 100% grass-fed beef company, Big Picture Beef, which markets beef raised in the Northeast on pasture only – no grain, ever. Shinn was credited for putting grass-fed beef on the gourmet map when his filet won top honors in a 2003 Wine Spectator competition over entries from well-known purveyors of grain-fed beef.  More recently chef Dan Barber declared Shinn’s grass-fed beef, “Among the best I’ve ever had.” Shinn was the Vice President of a slaughterhouse in CT and co-founder and principal of Hardwick Beef. An experienced cattleman, Shinn has consulted all over the US, and in New Zealand, Uruguay, and Argentina on beef production and ecosystem restoration through grazing. His work has been recognized in Time Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, Wine Spectator, and Smithsonian.