Looking through the supermarket selection of chicken cuts and eggs, you’ve likely noticed the claim on the packaging “100% Vegetarian Diet” or something similar. A question came to me, “What’s the deal with vegetarian fed chickens and should I care?” Great question. Let’s look further. I won’t hold you in indefinite narrative suspense. Chickens are […]
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We harp on the fact that our chickens are moved to fresh grass and often discuss what this means for the chickens. But ever wonder what this means for the land itself? I decided to take some pictures of pastures over time to show what happens when we graze our pasture raised chickens across our
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Here at Wrong Direction Farm every week we serve up two tons of organic feed to the chickens out on pasture. Getting the feed out to the birds has always been a challenge, especially when the chickens are on pastures far from the road. We have tried all sorts of methods for bringing the feed
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A look into the state of published nutritional research data available on Pasture Raised chicken.
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Sometimes I hear people refer to our farm as a free range farm, and I’ll admit that it makes me wince. Clearly there is a of confusion when people have trouble distinguishing between Pasture Raised and Free Range. Both terms sound similar, but in terms of the work that is done on the farm there
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So you’ve heard about health benefits and the ecological benefits of pasture raised poultry, and now you want to put some on your plate. The big question is: where can I find pasture raised chicken near me? How to Find Pasture Raised Poultry Near Me? Of course, I’d like to recommend our own Certified Organic,
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It doesn’t have the current buzzword recognition like “regenerative” or “pasture raised”, but I like talking about our farm as a Peripatetic Pasture Farm. The biggest problem with the word peripatetic is that most people don’t know what it means. Here’s the definition, if you haven’t encountered it before: Peripatetic (adj): Traveling from place to
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Compost mentis: Pseudo-Latin for having compost on one’s mind. A common condition among farmers and gardeners. With the help of a well-equipped neighbor, we were able to spread some compost yesterday. We worked through about 130 cubic yards before breaking a link on the chain that drives the augers on the spreader. There’s a truism
I need more customers. But not for the obvious reason. I need more customers because something remarkable is happening on the land and in the soil here at Wrong Direction Farm. Our farm is waving its leafy appendages at us, asking for more cattle. Before we moved here in 2011, all the ground that wasn’t
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Wednesday July 21st, 7PM until Dark Wrong Direction Farm 431 Seebers Ln, Canajoharie, NY 13317 Upcoming farmer-to-farmer event here at Wrong Direction Farm. On Wednesday, July 21st we’ll be hosting a pasture walk, focusing primarily on pasture management in our context for our chickens and turkeys. We raise Certified Organic, pasture raised poultry on our
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