| 词条 | Harris Ranch |
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| name = Harris Ranch | logo = | caption = | type = | traded_as = | predecessor = | foundation = 1937 | founder = Jack Harris | location = Selma, California, U.S. | area_served = United States | key_people = | industry = Beef producer | products = Beef | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = John C. Harris | num_employees = 400 | parent = Harris Farms | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.harrisranchbeef.com}} | footnotes = | intl = }} Harris Ranch, or the Harris Cattle Ranch, feedlot is California's largest beef producer and the largest ranch on the West Coast of the United States, producing 150,000,000 pounds of beef per year in 2010.[1] It is located alongside Interstate 5 at its intersection with California State Route 198 east of Coalinga, in the San Joaquin Valley of central California. The ranch is owned by Harris Farms. DescriptionHistoryFounded by Jack Harris in 1937, the Harris Ranch Beef Company (now operated by Jack Harris' son John) was originally a cotton and grain operation.[1] In the 1970s the ranch opened a burger stand near Interstate 5.[2] The farm also operates an inn and restaurant, raises fruit and vegetable crops, and breeds thoroughbred horses.[1][3] Overall, the operation has more than 400 employees.[4] Approximately {{convert|14000|acre|abbr=on}} are devoted to garlic, broccoli, pomegranates, and tomatoes, among 35 types of fruits and vegetables.[7] During the War on Terror, volunteers from the San Joaquin Valley, especially Bakersfield, supplied with beef from Harris Ranch, have volunteered to serve steaks to servicemembers who are OCONUS.[5] In January 2012, an arsonist destroyed fourteen cattle trucks on the ranch. The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility.[6][7] Marketing and distributionAt over {{convert|800|acre|abbr=on}} and with a population of over 100,000 cattle,[8] and hundreds harvested daily, the ranch is the largest on the West Coast. It is also among the largest (when including density) in the United States. A vertically integrated operation, it owns a fleet of trucks that take cattle from several ranches with which it deals, and does its own finishing, slaughtering, and packaging.[1] The ranch supplies the hamburger meat for the In-N-Out Burger chain, and also distributes beef and prepared meals through grocery stores and restaurants nationwide.[1][4] Harris Ranch was one of the first to build a brand around itself as a specialty niche product, and is credited as a forerunner of companies like Niman Ranch and Dakota Beef.[1] Restaurant and innThe restaurant was targeted to local farmers when it opened in 1977, but later became popular as a halfway stop on the busy highway connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles.[9][10][11] A 153-room luxury inn was added in 1987.[8] It was built in hacienda-style.[10] The restaurant evolved into a "farm to fork" concept in the late 2000s, featuring not only beef but wine and other products made locally by the ranch.[1] As of 2008 the restaurant was the 57th busiest in the United States and sixth busiest in California based on gross receipts.[4] The site was chosen as one of the first battery swapping Tesla stations.[12][13] Public receptionThe ranch is known to travelers for the "ripe, tangy odor of cow manure", described alternately as a "horrible stench"[14] and "a good, honest, American smell".[15] This smell inspired food writer Michael Pollan to conduct the research on factory farming that led to his sustainability book, The Omnivore's Dilemma.[14] The owner of Harris Ranch, in turn, threatened to withhold a $500,000 donation to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo if it sponsored a speech there by Pollan.[16] In reference to the large number of cattle processed at its facilities, some critics[17] have nicknamed the ranch "Cowschwitz",[14] comparing the slaughtering of cows to the slaughtering of Jews during the Holocaust at the Auschwitz concentration camp.[8][18][19] Animal behavior expert Temple Grandin described the nickname as a matter of public misperception, saying that the company "does a great job" of keeping its animals.[20]See also
GalleryReferences1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|title=Harris Ranch markets farm-to-fork|first=Olivia|last=Munoz|publisher=Associated Press|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16248323|date=October 4, 2010}} 2. ^{{cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Christopher |date=16 February 2017 |title=Gnaw beef (or charge your Tesla) at Harris Ranch in Coalinga |url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-california-bucket-list-updates-gnaw-beef-or-charge-your-tesla-at-1484008863-htmlstory.html |work=Los Angeles Times |location= |access-date=17 July 2018 }} 3. ^HRBC | About Us | Our History 4. ^1 2 {{cite news| title=Stop at Harris Ranch like visiting destination resort| author=Cary Ordway|url=http://www.californiaweekend.com/california-vacation/harris-ranch.html| publisher=California Weekend Getaways}} 5. ^{{cite news |last=Hardisty |first=Dianne |date=3 July 2010 |title=A call to serve ... meat |url=http://www.bakersfield.com/news/a-call-to-serve-meat/article_3bc71b73-662c-565f-a8bf-a90e772fd9c0.html |work=TBC Media |location=Bakersfield, California |access-date=17 July 2018 }} 6. ^{{cite news| title=Animal-rights arson at Harris Ranch?| first=Henry K.| last=Lee| publisher=San Francisco Chronicle| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/10/BABM1MN8BU.DTL#ixzz1j5DR39e1| date=January 10, 2012}} 7. ^{{cite news| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/animal-rights-activists.html| title=Animal rights activists take credit for blaze at cattle ranch| last=Marble| first=Steve| date=10 January 2012| work=Los Angeles Times| accessdate=11 January 2012}} 8. ^1 2 3 {{citeweb|publisher=Weekend America|title=Coming Home to a Smell|author=Krissy Clark|date=December 22, 2007|url= http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/12/21/coalinga/}} 9. ^{{cite news| publisher=Fast Company| date=February 24, 2010| title=Earl Cox's Tesla Charging Station Makes Electric Roadtrip From L.A. to S.F. a Reality| first=Ariel| last=Schwartz| url=http://www.fastcompany.com/1561593/tesla-chargepoint-installed-halfway-between-la-and-san-francisco}} 10. ^1 {{cite news |last=Hian |first=Howard |date=1 May 2018 |title=A surprising discovery: Harris Ranch |url=http://www.militarypress.com/a-surprising-discovery-harris-ranch/ |work=Military Press |location=San Diego |access-date=17 July 2018 }} 11. ^{{cite news| publisher=Pacifica Tribune| title=Wandering and Wondering| first=John| last=Maybury| date=February 7, 2012| url=http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_19914351}} 12. ^{{cite news |last=Fehrenbacher|first=Katie |title=Record sales, upbeat Q2 earnings for electric car maker Tesla |url=http://gigaom.com/2013/08/07/record-sales-upbeat-q2-earnings-for-electric-car-maker-tesla/|accessdate=2013-08-08 |newspaper=Gigaom |date=2013-08-07 }} 13. ^{{cite web |author1=Tesla Motors Team |title=Battery Swap Pilot Program |url=http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/battery-swap-pilot-program |publisher=Tesla Motors |accessdate=2014-12-20 |date=2014-12-19 }} 14. ^1 2 {{cite news| publisher=Washington Post| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR2009120602778.html| title=Think you're dining 'green'? Menus won't always tell you| first=Jane| last=Black| date=December 7, 2009}} 15. ^{{cite news| publisher=Los Angeles Times| title=Eat well, sleep deeply off I-5, at Harris Ranch| author=Susan Spano| date=2006-10-08| url=http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-spano8oct08}} 16. ^{{Cite news| publisher=Mother Jones| url=http://motherjones.com/environment/2010/11/michael-pollan-backlash-beef-advocacy| title=Big Meat vs. Michael Pollan| first=Wes| last=Enzinna| date=November 2010}} 17. ^{{cite news| title=Feedlots vs. Pastures: Two Very Different Ways to Fatten Beef Cattle| first=Barry| last=Estabrook| date=December 28, 2011| publisher=The Atlantic| url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/feedlots-vs-pastures-two-very-different-ways-to-fatten-beef-cattle/250543/}} 18. ^{{cite news| publisher=San Diego Jewish Journal| url=http://www.sdjewishjournal.com/stories/july04_5.html| date=2005-07-04| title=Punk and Stupid| author=Micah Sachs}} 19. ^{{cite news| publisher=Los Angeles Times| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/16/opinion/ed-pollan16| date=2009-10-16| title=Sacred cows at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo}} 20. ^{{cite news| publisher=Chico Enterprise Record| title=Temple Grandin: Ag must make progress known| first=Larry| last=Mitchell| url=http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_19999409| date=February 19, 2012}} External links
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