Farm Store Ready For Small Business Saturday

The DS Family Farm Store is up and running.  We were ready for Small Business Saturday, almost.  We now have a section on our website that we invite local folks to check out [Buy From Our Farm]. Why just local folks?  We do not plan on…

Looking For Clean Food?

Would you know what to look for when choosing a Farmer?  That is, choosing a farmer to buy your family’s food from?  Looking for clean food?  Especially locally produced food, that can be a challenge. We have been members of the Weston A Price Foundation (WAPF)…

2015 Grass-fed Beef Progress Report 2

Update on the grass-fed steers we will be providing you fall 2015 (Report 1).  Remember our “grass-fed” beef is also known as “pasture grazed” beef.  The term grass-fed is pretty well-known, but we also refer to our beef as “pasture grazed”.  Why pasture grazed?…

Pasture Grazed vs Grassfed Beef

We use the terms “Pasture Grazed” and “Grassfed” to describe our cattle operation.  So what’s the difference? The term grassfed (grass fed, grass-fed) refers to animals that are raised entirely without grain as part of their diet.  Cattle are ruminants (have four stomachs) for digestion…

A cow named grass-fed

Recently I came across an article on the Omaha World-Herald website that was part of their “Locally Grown” series on food trends.  This 2012 article “Beef: Grass-fed vs. corn-fed” is an interesting read about two locally raised beef.  I share it here for those of you…