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Jordan Green
For The Oklahoman
SAYRE – With thick, heavy coats of brown fur, hundreds of bison roam the vast, sweeping prairie near this western Oklahoma town, grazing on the waving grass in their native land.
Bison like these once numbered in the millions and covered the Midwest, providing food and resources to Native American tribes. But as settlers pushed westward in the 1800s, they killed the animals in droves.
Now, a company here is working to grow the herd.
Kyle Benjamin Reynolds and Austin Lee Puckett co-founded the Benjamin Lee Bison company in 2017 when they purchased land in the Sayre area and bought bison of their own. They added to a herd Puckett’s family started a few years earlier.
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When the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled Michelle Bui’s best laid plans for 2020 she mourned like everyone else, but then she started baking like no one’s ever seen and now her outlook for 2021 is on the rise.
On Saturday, Bui and her sister Anna will be back out at the OSU-OKC Scissortail Farmers Market, this time with more inventory after their baked goods were wiped out before noon during the season’s first event.
The Hokkaido milk bread from Bui’s Breads has quickly grown an audience since she began offering it for sale last summer. That inspired her to add sourdough, Hawaiian rolls and pretzels to the menu, which she currently creates in the family kitchen.