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….

Avian Flu

The birds were chirping out our window this morning. Here is a quick list of the wild bird species observed around our place over the past few days: Robin Finch Red Wing Black Bird Cardinal Grackle Mourning Dove Ring-Necked Dove Swallows Blue Wing Teal…

Chicken Omega 6:3 Ratio

We have six years of Omega 6:3 data on DS Family Farm grassfed beef, so this past year we decided to test our No Soy – No Corn, GMO free Pasture Chickens. The first thing to remember is that a chicken is not a…

Pasture Crop fall 2020

As described in our previous post, we are trying our first Pasture Crop as part of the CCTA-Farms Advancing Regenerative Management Systems project. Pasture cropping is simply planting an annual crop into existing pasture. The pasture is made up of primarily warm season perennial…

Eating Animals – Movie

The Eating Animals movie trailer opens with views of shiny metal buildings, manure lagoons, a cattle feed yard and caged poultry.   A voice asks,  “Is this farming?” and then finishes with “I say no.” Doug and Sheila will view “Eating Animals” this weekend…