We started raising Ostrich in 1993 and moved our family to the country in 1994 where we built ostrich pens and had our first sets of birds delivered while still working at a distribution company selling power transmission products. We started selling ostrich meat in the Kansas City area in 1996 to local chefs & restaurants.
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 In 2002, Elaine & I formed “Arrowhead Game Meats LLC.” AKA Arrowhead Specialty Meats. Our goal was to create a meat company that sold natural type meats starting with all types of game meats such as ostrich, venison, bison, duck, quail, lamb and other game. 

​This led to more mainstream meats such as beef pork and chicken, but not just any beef pork or chicken. Since we wanted to stay natural, we sourced meats such as Wagyu beef, Piedmontese Beef, Bershire pork/Duroc Pork, Amish raised chicken and many others.
​In 2008/2009, we introduced a new line of beef in the Kansas City area called “Akaushi Beef” from Heartbrand Beef. This new line of beef took off quickly because of its tenderness, taste and the great story it had behind it.

In 2011, Elaine & I took on a new business partner and together we ran Arrowhead Specialty Meats successfully. In 2021 while still selling our natural meats, we purchased our first 4 fullblood Akaushi heifers and in 2023, Elaine & I decided to sell our share of the business to our business partner and retire from Arrowhead Specialty Meats and start a new venture raising our own line of fullblood Akaushi Beef.
                 
                  While we were finalizing the sale of our previous business, we were in talks with Jeremiah and Amy Harris with Rolling H Farms located in Edgar Springs MO regarding raising Akaushi Cattle which includes F-1 & F2 feeders/fat cattle, F-1 & F2 replacement heifers/cows and Full Blood Akaushi cattle for seedstock
 and together we formed “4 Rivers Akaushi LLC.”