npr:Many beer aficionados are familiar with the rare breweries run by Trappist monks. The beer is hi
npr:Many beer aficionados are familiar with the rare breweries run by Trappist monks. The beer is highly sought after, but it’s not the only food or drink made by a religious order. Many abbeys and convents have deep roots in agriculture, combining farm work with prayer.Just 5 miles south of the Colorado-Wyoming border you’ll find one of these places. Idyllic red farm buildings sit in the shadow of the main abbey, all tucked in a stony valley. At the Abbey of St. Walburga, cattle, water buffalo and llamas graze on grass under the watchful eye of Benedictine nuns.Nuns On The Ranch Give A Heavenly Twist To BeefPhoto credit: Sonja Salzburg for Harvest Public Media -- source link