Russell’s Substack
The State of Montana
Episode Forty-two - Jeanie Alderson
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Episode Forty-two - Jeanie Alderson

Beef Producer - Omega Beef: Wagyu Beef Company

Jeanie Alderson lives on the ranch she grew up on, the Bones Brothers Ranch, near Birney, Montana. On top of running a cow/calf operation, for about twenty years now, she and her husband Terry Punt have been raising Wagyu beef and selling it directly, as Omega Beef, to customers around the region. Jeanie is also active in the Northern Plains Resource Council, which her parents were founding members of. They also just experienced the direct impact of the big fire that found its way north from Wyoming onto the Bones Brothers Ranch.

Thanks to Buchanan Capital for sponsoring this podcast, and to Phil Aaberg for the music.

Discussion about this podcast

Russell’s Substack
The State of Montana
Montana has a long history of very complicated politics, often influenced by major corporations, as with the Copper Kings in our early history, or oil money. But we also have a strong track record of very progressive milestones, the most significant of which was the election of the first woman to ever serve in Congress, Jeanette Rankin. We also have what most constitutional historians consider one of the strongest state constitutions in the country. We have always boasted a very significant balance of power as well, but recently that has changed, and I want to understand why, and what can be done about it. So I'm going to interview some of our more high-profile citizens, not necessarily politicians, to explore this issue. My first guest will be Dorothy Bradley, who was the first woman to run for governor of the state. Dorothy just barely lost to Marc Racicot in 1992.