Americans eat a lot of meat but still spend just 11 percent of their income on food, less than people in many other countries.Īt Wrangler Feedyard, on the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle, night was coming to an end, and 20,000 tons of meat were beginning to stir. Terry’s Burger Stand in Austin, Texas, “all natural” burgers-made from cattle that never received hormones or antibiotics-cost only $2.45. Isabella, nine, prefers just ketchup on her cheeseburger sister Betsy, four, puts everything on hers. If Isabella Bartol (bottom, at right) had her druthers, she’d eat a burger every day. Today the United States remains the world’s largest consumer and producer of beef. Individual Americans eat 40 percent less beef now than in the peak consumption year, 1976, but there are many more Americans. In Amarillo, Texas, a patty-forming machine at a Caviness Beef Packers plant (top) cranks out 24,000 half-pound hamburger patties an hour for the restaurant trade. Americans eat a lot of meat but still spend just 11 percent of their income on food, less than people in many other countries. If Isabella Bartol (far right) had her druthers, she’d eat a burger every day.

Instead, high densities of predators such as Brown Bears, Wolverines and Wolves, find a place to live and roam freely.In Amarillo, Texas, a patty-forming machine at a Caviness Beef Packers plant (left) cranks out 24,000 half-pound hamburger patties an hour for the restaurant trade.

Especially near Kuhmo, not far from the Russian border, the Finnish no man’s land is devoid of humans.

Some 1340km long, it runs mostly through uninhabited taiga forests and sparsely populated rural areas. This no man’s land is roughly the north/south international border between Finland and the Russian Federation. More over, it is such a privilege to be present in Finland’s wild ‘no man’s land. It makes the hide sessions always something to look forward too. Despite, having this experience, the set up is never the same as to who and when will perform on the taiga stage. After a decade of guiding these type of tours in Finland, EB5 founder Jan knows several bears, wolves and wolverines by (nick)name, physical performance and behaviour. Given the presence of wolves, bears and wolverines near the hides, it’s always a pleasure observing these large carnivores in an unique way. A unique setting in Finland’s wild ‘no man’s land

Carnivores far north