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Welcoming a New Livestock Guardian Dog to the Farm

On Monday we were pleased to bring another Maremma livestock guardian dog to work on the farm. It is fascinating to consider the centuries of careful breeding by shepherds in the mountains of Italy culminating in such a dog. Maremmas …

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Recipes

Recipe: Turkey Tender Parmesan with Lemon Caper Sauce

This time we’re riffing on chicken parmesan, but using our turkey breast tenders (sometimes called turkey tenderloins). Many chicken breast recipes can be reworked without much adaptation to substitute turkey tenders, and it helps in meal planning to know that …

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Raw pasture raised chicken with rosemary and lemon.
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Whole Chickens and the Acorn Squash Problem

Whole chicken started it all. The first product we sold from our farm was a whole chicken. A few months later we added half pigs, and the next fall we had half beef options. It was simple. We didn’t need …

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Certified organic, pasture raised turkey drumstick shown roasted on a serving paper with a carving knife alongside turmeric rice, lime slices, and yogurt sauce.
Recipes

Recipe: Tandoori Spice Roasted Turkey Drumstick with Turmeric Rice and Lime Yogurt Sauce

This recipe was developed with our turkey drumsticks in mind. Turkey legs are mighty and meaty, and this tandoori-style treatment is a great fit. The complex interplay of spices and textures makes for an outstanding dinner. It’s great if you …

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Recipes

Introducing Turkey Breakfast Sausage Patties

This is something we’ve been working on for the last two months. We’re glad to be sharing our turkey breakfast sausage with you, made with our pasture raised ground turkey and 100% certified organic ingredients.

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Pasture Raised Poultry

Why Pasture Raised Chicken Is A Seasonal Food

We had another chilly week, and although spring is coming, we’re still snowbound here with just a few bare patches of brown grass showing through on the most windswept fields. I thought it might be a good time to talk …

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Farm Life

Hitchhikers and Stowaways

“Uh, did you know you’ve got someone in the back of your truck?” I do have a history with hitchhikers, so stowaways probably shouldn’t surprise anyone as the next logical progression. But I never meant to become a trafficker. Much …

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Recipe: Braised Grass Fed Beef Short Ribs with a Horseradish Gremolata

We’re starting off a recipe series for this year all specially developed by our friend Katy Sparks using Wrong Direction Farm meats. And this weekend, as we’re digging out from a major snowstorm, it feels right to start with a …

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Farm Life

Frustrated by Machines, Encouraged by People

Whirr. Whurrrrr. Whhh. I could tell the tractor wasn’t going to start, and I knew that my day would now be spent with ratchets and sockets and multimeters. A simple run out back to feed the cattle wouldn’t be simple. …

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Bedding Bales: Preparing for a Snow Storm

With a forecasted big snow coming over the weekend, it was time to set out bedding for the cattle to give them a comfortable place to get through the weather. This video shows the way I select bales for bedding, …

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