Hello FLERD!

FLOCK + HERD = FLERD Earlier this spring, son Nathan purchased a small local flock of Katahdin hair sheep. We arranged with neighbors to graze the flock on their pastures while we upgraded our perimeter fencing to handle sheep. The ewes (females) went to…

2023 Pasture Pork

This is our second year raising and grazing pasture pigs. We have made changes from our experience last year. In 2022 we used a Mobile Pig Pen and you can read our summary from year one. In 2023 we doubled the herd size to…

2023 Grassfed Beef

Our annual line up of some Pasture Grazed Beef. 100% Grassfed and 100% Grass Finished Beef. No Grains ever. Fat cover and supple hides are a result of frequent moves to a fresh patch of forage every part of the year. Yes our beef…

Annual Omega 6:3 Ratio Update

We first harvested grass-fed beef (what we call Pasture Grazed Beef) in 2015. Before harvesting our first beef, we researched the science of pasture-raised animals and how they were unique. One key indicator of beef raised on an all-grass diet is the resulting Omega…

Opportunities in Animal Agriculture

Managing animals on a pasture based farm gives us the opportunity to raise animals in what we consider a more “natural way”. With that said, we do experience the loss of animals on occasion as death is part of the natural cycle of life….