Country Natural Beef co-founder Doc Hatfield dies
By MATTHEW WEAVER
Capital Press
Doc Hatfield, co-founder of Country Natural Beef, died of pancreatic cancer the evening of March 20. He was 74.
Hatfield founded the cooperative with his wife, Connie, in 1986, in Brothers, Ore., with 14 ranching families. The cooperative now includes over 100 ranch families who manage some 6.3 million acres in 13 states.
He is survived by his wife and children.
"He really fostered a natural business where the rancher stayed in control of the meat all the way ...
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