Bone Broth – what’s the big deal

About a year ago national news carried the story of a Bone Broth drive through opening in New York City (move over espresso).  Yes bone broth, you have probably heard it is good for you?  Here at DS Family Farm, the most requests for additional product information is…

Paleo Experience – Guest Post

We briefly touched on the Paleo topic in a few earlier blog posts but we are excited to share this Guest Post from someone local with real world Paleo experience.  We met Beth when she and her family visited the farm earlier this year to buy…

Eat The Rainbow

In past posts we have promoted a “traditional diet” that includes animal fats and protein as part of a healthy diet.  There is a significant population that is vegetarian and avoids animal based food products.  So who’s right?  If you are searching for a…

Healthy Cows Eat Dirt

There is actually a term for eating the earth, geophagia (geo = earth; phagia = eating).  So what are the health benefits? Minerals Clay absorbs toxins This article from Answers covers more topics than geophagia, scroll down to the section “Eating Dirt” for a little further reading….

Why Start?

We moved to our current location with access to pasture in 1997.  We thought about getting some cows but the idea of raising commodity beef just didn’t seem appealing.  Attending the 2002 Nebraska Grazing Conference, I had the chance to hear some outside of the box presentations…