“At the Abbey of St. Walburga, cattle, water buffalo and llamas graze on grass under the watchful eye of Benedictine nuns,” says a Harvest Public Media story about nuns and livestock near the Colorado-Wyoming border. “We have kind of a corner in the market, you know, nuns selling natural beef,” says the nun in charge of the ranch. Llamas take place of guard dogs to protect the livestock. The abbey is one of many spiritual communities that engage in agriculture, a tradition that began centuries ago as a practical matter. “In their simple farm clothes of plaid shirts, jeans and Carhartts, it can be easy to forget the women are nuns – save for the fact they still wear the familiar fitted white coif,” says the story.