Our Blog

Check out our grass fed and pasture raised products!
Recipes

Minute Steak Sandwich with Provolone, Roasted Pepper-Basil Mayo, and Buttermilk Fried Zucchini Chips

For this month’s recipe Chef Katy created a satisfying beef sandwich using our thin-sliced minutes steaks (sometimes known as shaved steaks or cheesesteaks), served on a bun with homemade zucchini chips. Also pay attention to the roasted red pepper mayonnaise …

Read More
Pasture Farming

Grass Fed Farmer

There’s an oft-used visual representation of farmers depicting them chewing on a stem of grass. The wardrobe managers for films and photoshoots depend on old tropes, probably under the assumption that the audience is too dense to recognize the hayseed …

Read More
Pasture Raised Poultry

Ground Chicken is Here!

We’re glad to announce that we have ground chicken made with our Certified Organic, pasture raised chicken. Some of you have been patiently waiting a long while for this, so we’re excited to share it with you for your enjoyment! …

Read More
Pasture Raised Turkeys

We Build a New Turkey Shelter

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 …

Read More
Food Policy

Farmers Go to Congress

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 …

Read More
Recipes

Recipe: Grilled Spatchcocked Chicken with Farro Salad

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 …

Read More
Pasture Raised Turkeys

Moving Turkeys to their Training Pasture

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 …

Read More
Food Policy

Quit Complaining and Eat What You’re Served

It has been amusing to listen to the agricultural industry griping in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold California’s ban on pork sourced from farms that use gestation crates for sows. Big ag wishes that folks would …

Read More
Behind the Scenes

Erosion and Good Intentions

Ever since we’ve moved here, I’ve been bothered by a place where water has eroded out a gully through the middle of the pasture I call “center field.” It’s impossible to know exactly when the problem started. It doesn’t show …

Read More
Recipes

Braised and BBQ’d Beef Belly Brisket

At first glance, this recipe seems like a lot of steps but once you taste the result you will understand why you made the effort! The Belly Brisket has lots of delicious beef fat marbling and to get it rendered …

Read More
Scroll to Top