GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Livingston County couple married 37 years are getting into the jerky business.
Phil and Margo Tolliver opened Lost Creek Jerky three months ago in Genoa Township.
The Tollivers cook, cut and package beef, chicken, venison and buffalo jerky by hand.
Phil Tolliver tells the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell (http://bit.ly/Lf7SJz) the business is a "one-man-and-his-wife operation."
Lost Creek Jerky's beef comes from Detroit's Eastern Market and is cooked in a 500-pound oven. It's then refrigerated at the Genoa Township location. The product is cut and sealed in a separate room.
Phil Tolliver learned the business from his son, who ran True North Beef Jerky in Chelsea for seven years.
The business' namesake is a creek in Bismarck, Mo., where Phil Tolliver spent part of his youth.
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Information from: Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, http://www.livingstondaily.com
