A Nose For Grass
Thinking about how cows use their noses to “see” the world of plants around them. And what this means for grass fed beef.
Cutting Down An Old Apple Tree: Looking Back Into History, And Maybe Looking Forward.
With regret I revved the chainsaw and began removing branches from the old apple tree. A minor heartache always accompanies the elimination of tree, especially one that carries the story of long-gone farmers in its body. I am sad to see the wizened old apple tree reduced to firewood and wood chips for the garden
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Solving the Meat vs No Meat Debate Conclusively. Yeah, Right.
I’ve been working an experiment at home with my youngest son, Harry. We’ve been studying propaganda. I’d like him to learn to find his way through complicated issues, being able to see the factors that influence the way agendas influence the spread of information and disinformation. He needs to learn more about the ways in
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Video: Movement, The Key to Pasture Raised Turkeys
I produced a video showing how we move our turkeys on pasture. Yes, our turkeys are certified organic. And while that is important, it only tells you that their feed is free of pesticides, herbicides, GMOs, hormones, and antibiotics. The other critical piece is that our turkeys are moving to fresh grass on pasture. This
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Wrong Direction Farm Turkeys In a Story On allrecipes.com
This week I was able to make a contribution to a reporting piece regarding the supply-chain side of Thanksgiving turkey sales, published over at allrecipes.com. Check it out here. It was fun to have a part in the discussion from the small farmer perspective, since all the other voices were from much larger organizations. I
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Burdock In Autumn: Thoughts On Annoying Plants and Regenerative Farming
Early fall is the time of year when our cattle wear crowns of burdock. Great big gaudy gobs of it. As I mentioned recently, grass fed beef is a bit of misnomer, since we’re actually aiming for a more diverse diet consisting grasses and a wide variety of leafy pasture plants that aren’t technically grasses. Burdock
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Pasture Raised, Certified Organic Thanksgiving Turkeys Available
Good news! We now have our whole turkeys listed for sale. Certified organic and pasture raised, these are the turkeys you are looking for. We have a wide variety of sizes available for you. Every year we start our turkey planning for the next year just a few weeks after Thanksgiving. Or rather I like
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Important Design Features In Our Shelters for Pasture Raised Chickens
I took a few minutes with the chickens out in the pasture to highlight some of the design features and considerations we incorporated into our custom made shelters. At Wrong Direction Farm we’ve always been driven by both personal preference and economic necessity to be do-it-yourselfers. About six years ago we realized we needed to
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Lab Grown Meat: A Scam And A Distraction
I’ve written about the topic of lab grown meat here, here, and here. But some new reporting really nails down important points about the scam that is afoot. It’s a long article, but worth reading over at The Counter if you can spare some time. I think the article does an outstanding job unpacking such
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Since Corn is a Grass, Does Corn Fed Count as Grass Fed?
I first heard about grass fed beef while I was in high school. In the context of the discussion, someone was talking about grass fed as something different than corn fed beef. I wasn’t convinced. From gardening experience, I had a little knowledge about corn, at least as far as growing sweet corn. I had
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