Cow – Icon of nutrient cycles – we need the poop!

Cattle are key to a healthy ecosystem, that is if we manage cattle in natures image.  Nature provides examples of how herds such as the bison of North America or the buffalo and wildebeest of Africa work as keystone species.  An important feature of these…

2016 Pasture Grazed (Grassfed) Beef

An update on our 2016 Beef Offering.  Here are a couple of photos of steers that we will be offering in September as custom processed beef.  These steers have just turned two years old and we look for them to gain well, over the…

Local Nebraska Pasture Chicken

Nebraska is known for beef!  So why Nebraska chicken?  When it comes to our meat buying choices, we like to know where our food comes from.  Have you noticed grocery store veggies and fruits are labeled with their origins?  You know where your onions come from but…

Ever see a chicken eat grass?

Sometimes I wonder which animal eats more grass, a dog or a chicken?  Seems like our dog can really chomp on some grass.  But who really cares if a chicken eats grass? If you are struggling to find real healthy, life-giving food for your family, then you…

Why folks go nuts for pasture chicken

Why do folks go nuts for pasture chicken? I can remember as a kid eating Grandma’s farm raised chickens.  Grandma did not raise her chickens in pasture shelters like we do, but I know what her chicken tasted like.  Her chicken feed did not contain arsenic,…