This spring I built a new turkey shelter starting from a forty foot long mobile home frame. I purchased the frame from a Craigslist seller over a year back in anticipation of this project, but I wasn’t able to get everything together until a few weeks ago. As the turkey flock has grown, I knew […]
We Build a New Turkey Shelter Read More »
Earlier this week three farmers I know spent some time testifying before the House Judiciary Committee about the state of meat production in the country, and more specifically about the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. As someone who has watched legislators and presidential administrations from both political parties offering lip service to family farms
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With grilling season upon us, now is a good time to roll out a recipe for spatchcocked chicken. Also known as butterflied chicken, the chickens have been cut down the backbone so they lay out flat for a nice, even cooking. This flattening allows all the delicious marinade seasonings in the dish to be in
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Here we are in early June, and much of the daily work on the farm involves turkeys. I realize that many of my readers don’t think about turkeys until November, but for our farm the turkey season starts in May and stretches all the way into the fall. We receive our turkeys from a hatchery,
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